| Description |
4 videodiscs (387 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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"My favorite wife," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "Instant love" in English with optional subtitles in French or Spanish ; "Woman of the year" in English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in French or Spanish. |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
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"My favorite wife" originally released as a motion picture in 1940 ; "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" originally released as a motion picture in 1941 ; "Woman of the year" originally released as a motion picture in 1942 ; "Instant love" originally released as a motion picture in 1964. |
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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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Special features: (Disc 1) vintage Robert Benchley short "Home movies" ; 12/7/50 Screen Director's Playhouse radio production starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne ; theatrical trailer ; (Disc 2) "Mr. Hitchcock meets the Smiths" making-of documentary ; theatrical trailer ; (Disc 3) theatrical trailer. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. My favorite wife / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Leo McCarey ; written by Bella & Samuel Spewack ; directed by Garson Kanin. Disc 2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith / RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Harry E. Edington ; story and screenplay by Norman Krasna ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Disc 3. Woman of the year / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz ; screenplay by Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin ; directed by George Stevens. Disc 4. Instant love / SFM Entertainment ; produced by Martin B. Cohen ; screenplay by Francis Swann ; directed by Paul Sylbert. |
| Cast |
My favorite wife: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick ; Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Lucile Watson ; Woman of the year: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen ; Instant love: Rossano Brazzi, Rhonda Fleming, Odete Lara, William Redfield. |
| Summary |
My favorite wife: A funny thing happens to Nick on his way to his honeymoon suite. He meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife that was lost at sea seven years ago and presumed dead ; Mr. & Mrs. Smith: New York sophisticates David Smith and Ann Smith née Krausheimer have been lovingly and passionately married for three years, or so they believed. They are told individually that due to a technicality - an unresolved municipal and state jurisdictional issue at the time of their supposed marriage - their wedding was not legal, and as such they are not really married ; Woman of the year: Sam Craig is a down-to-earth sportswriter a newspaper. Tess Harding, the paper's international columnist, makes his life miserable and they start taking swipes at each other in their columns. Soon their problems are overcome by the fact that they are falling in love ; Instant love: Pamela, an American film star, falls in love with coffee grower, Claudio, while in Brazil. When the two are hastily married, they find themselves entwined in a clash of cultures. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital mono. |
| Subject |
Husband and wife -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Honeymoons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Absence and presumption of death -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Married people -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Reporters and reporting -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Interethnic marriage -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Romantic comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
McCarey, Leo.
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Edington, Harry E., 1888-1949.
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Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
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Cohen, Martin B.
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Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999, direction.
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, direction.
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Stevens, George, 1904-1975, direction.
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Sylbert, Paul, 1928- direction.
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Spewack, Bella Cohen, 1899-1990.
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Spewack, Samuel, 1899-1971.
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Krasna, Norman.
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Lardner, Ring, Jr., 1915-2000.
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Kanin, Michael, 1910-1993.
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Swann, Francis.
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Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990, cast.
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Grant, Cary, 1904-1986, cast.
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Scott, Randolph, 1898-1987, cast.
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Patrick, Gail, 1911-1980, cast.
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Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942, cast.
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Montgomery, Robert, 1904-1981, cast.
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Raymond, Gene, cast.
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Carson, Jack, 1910-1963, cast.
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Merivale, Philip, 1886-1946, cast.
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Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962, cast.
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Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967, cast.
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Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, cast.
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Bainter, Fay, 1892-1968, cast.
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Owen, Reginald, 1887-1972, cast.
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Brazzi, Rossano, 1916-1994, cast.
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Fleming, Rhonda, 1923- cast.
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Lara, Odete, 1929- cast.
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Redfield, William, 1927-1976, cast.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Turner Entertainment Co.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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SFM Entertainment.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Cover Title |
TCM greatest classic films collection. Romantic affairs |
| Added Title |
Greatest classic films collection. Romantic affairs |
| Standard No. |
883929330416 |
| Music No. |
3000049953 Warner Home Video/Turner Entertainment Co. |
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