| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; full screen, Dolby digital mono., dual-layer format; Technicolor. |
| Language |
English mono; English or French subtitles; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Ronald Reagan, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Chas Butterworth, Kate Smith and Men from the Armed Forces. |
| Credits |
Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. |
| Note |
Part of a set: The homefront collection. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Screen adaptation of the stage play that raised nearly $2 million for Army Emergency Relief. Features real-life GIs in a tale of a father and son who put on a show before the son marches off to war. |
| Note |
Special features: Steven Spielberg narrates the new documentary Warner at war; Commentary by Joan Leslie and historian Drew Casper; My British buddy: musical number not seen in North American theaters; overture and exit music rejoined to the film for the first time in 65 years; Warner night at the movies 1943 short subjects gallery; vintage newsreel; musical short The United States Army Band; classic cartoon confusions of a nutsy spy; trailers of This is the Army and 1943's Edge of darkness. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Musicals -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Robinson, Casey.
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Binyon, Claude, 1905-1978.
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Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978.
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Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.
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Murphy, George, 1902-1992.
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Leslie, Joan, 1925-
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Reagan, Ronald.
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Tobias, George, 1901-1980.
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Hale, Alan, 1892-1950.
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Butterworth, Charles, 1896-1946.
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Smith, Kate, 1907-1986.
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De Camp, Rosemary, 1913-2001.
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Merkel, Una, 1903-1986.
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Niesen, Gertrude.
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Ridges, Stanley, 1892-1951.
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Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982.
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Peterson, Dorothy, 1897-1979.
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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First National Pictures, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Irving Berlin's This is the Army |
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Part of the set: Warner Bros. and the Homefront collection |
| Added Title |
Homefront collection.
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| ISBN |
1419863126 (set) |
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9781419863127 (set) |
| Standard No. |
085391188261 |
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085391188247 (set) |
| Music No. |
1000027310 Warner Home Video |
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