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The Resource Torrid zone, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Mark Hellinger ; original screen play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald ; directed by William Keighley

Torrid zone, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Mark Hellinger ; original screen play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald ; directed by William Keighley

Label
Torrid zone
Title
Torrid zone
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Mark Hellinger ; original screen play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald ; directed by William Keighley
Contributor
Actor
Artistic director
Screenwriter
Composer
Cinematographer
Costume designer
Director
Film editor
Musical director
Photographer
Producer
Sound designer
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Steve Case knows only one man who can shape up his troubled banana-republic plantation--fireball foreman Nick Butler. However, Nick is a little distracted when he meets a woman who can hold her own at a card table, especially if she's dealing
Related
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; film editor, Jack Killifer ; sound by Oliver S. Garretson ; art director, Ted Smith ; gowns by Howard Shoup ; special effects by Byron Haskin, H.F. Koenekamp ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; "Mi caballero" by M.K. Jerome and Jack Scholl ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Language note
In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan, George Tobias, George Reeves, Victor Kilian, Frank Puglia, John Ridgely, Grady Sutton, Paul Porcasi, Frank Yaconelli, Dick Boteler, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Paul Hurst, George Regas, Elvira Sanchez
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1889-1984
  • 1892-1978
  • 1899-1986
  • 1903-1947
  • 1909-1969
  • 1911-1962
  • 1899-1984
  • 1897-1980
  • 1893-1977
  • 1903-1988
  • 1899-1986
  • 1915-1967
  • 1899-1983
  • 1905-1977
  • 1907-1999
  • 1897-1972
  • 1901-1980
  • 1914-1959
  • 1891-1979
  • 1892-1975
  • 1909-1968
  • 1908-1995
  • 1879-1946
  • 1896-1953
  • 1886-1963
  • 1890-1965
  • 1888-1953
  • 1890-1940
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Keighley, William
  • Warner, Jack L.
  • Wallis, Hal B.
  • Hellinger, Mark
  • Macaulay, Richard
  • Wald, Jerry
  • Howe, James Wong
  • Killifer, Jack
  • Garretson, Oliver S
  • Smith, Ted
  • Shoup, Howard
  • Haskin, Byron
  • Koenekamp, H. F
  • Deutsch, Adolph
  • Jerome, M. K.
  • Scholl, Jack
  • Forbstein, Leo F
  • Cagney, James
  • Sheridan, Ann
  • O'Brien, Pat
  • Devine, Andy
  • Vinson, Helen
  • Cowan, Jerome
  • Tobias, George
  • Reeves, George
  • Kilian, Victor
  • Puglia, Frank
  • Ridgley, John
  • Sutton, Grady
  • Porcasi, Paul
  • Yaconelli, Frank
  • Boteler, Dick
  • Mayo, Frank
  • Mower, Jack
  • Hurst, Paul
  • Regas, Geo.
  • Sanchez, Elvira
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • First National Pictures, Inc
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
88
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  • Plantation owners
  • Plantation overseers
  • Card dealers
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Card dealers
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Plantation overseers
  • Plantation owners
  • Plantation owners
  • Plantation overseers
  • Card dealers
  • Man-woman relationship
  • Plantation owners
  • Plantation overseers
  • Card dealers
  • Man-woman relationship
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Torrid zone, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Mark Hellinger ; original screen play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald ; directed by William Keighley
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
  • Also issued in a boxed set titled: James Cagney, the signature collection
  • Special features: Warner night at the movies 1940 ("Santa Fe Trail" theatrical trailer; Vintage newsreel; "Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra" musical short; "Pony Express days" historical short; "A wild hare" classic cartoon; "Torrid zone" theatrical trailer)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
123197824
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9781419848322
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 012569796683
  • 012569796669
  • 085391137009
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 79668
  • 113700
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)123197824
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Torrid zone, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Mark Hellinger ; original screen play by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald ; directed by William Keighley
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
  • Also issued in a boxed set titled: James Cagney, the signature collection
  • Special features: Warner night at the movies 1940 ("Santa Fe Trail" theatrical trailer; Vintage newsreel; "Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra" musical short; "Pony Express days" historical short; "A wild hare" classic cartoon; "Torrid zone" theatrical trailer)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
123197824
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (88 min.)
Isbn
9781419848322
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 012569796683
  • 012569796669
  • 085391137009
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 79668
  • 113700
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)123197824
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer
Video recording format
DVD

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