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The Resource Dick Tracy : complete serial collection, produced by Republic Pictures, (videorecording)

Dick Tracy : complete serial collection, produced by Republic Pictures, (videorecording)

Label
Dick Tracy : complete serial collection
Title
Dick Tracy
Title remainder
complete serial collection
Statement of responsibility
produced by Republic Pictures
Contributor
Actor
Director
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
DICK TRACY: Dick faces a series of cunning criminals. DICK TRACY RETURNS: Pa Stark and his five criminal sons are holding America in a grip of terror. It is up to Dick Tracy and his G-Men to bring the ruthless Starks to justice. DICK TRACY'S G-MEN: Nicholas Zarnoff, master spy and the most hated man on Earth, is sentenced to die in the gas chamber. By using a secret drug which does not permit the gas to enter his lungs, Zarnoff cheats death and escapes. Dick Tracy, the government's ace investigator, is assigned the task of tracking down Zarnoff and bringing him to justice. DICK TRACY VS CRIME, INC.: Dick Tracy battles the Ghost, a fiendish master criminal who has the ability to make himself invisible. One of the Ghost's less savory ambitions is to wipe out New York City with a gigantic tidal wave
Related
Cataloging source
FX8
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Dick Tracy: Director, Ray Taylor and Alan James ; producer, Nat Levine ; screenplay, Barry Shipman and Winston Miller
  • Dick Tracy returns: Directed by William Witney & John English
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men: Directed by William Witney & John English
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.: Directed by William Witney & John English
Dewey number
791.45/72
Intended audience
Not rated
PerformerNote
  • Dick Tracy: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta, John Picorri, Carleton Young, Fred Hamilton, Francis X Bushman, Edwin Stanley
  • Dick Tracy returns: Ralph Byrd, Lynne Roberts, Charles Middleton
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men: Ralph Byrd, Jennifer Jones, Irving Pichel
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, Ralph Morgan
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1888-1952
  • 1890-1952
  • 1915-2002
  • 1903-1969
  • 1909-1952
  • 1911-1967
  • 1883-1966
  • 1919-1978
  • 1879-1949
  • 1919-2009
  • 1891-1954
  • 1916-1993
  • 1883-1956
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Taylor, Ray
  • James, Alan
  • Witney, William
  • English, John
  • Byrd, Ralph
  • Hughes, Kay
  • Burnette, Smiley
  • Bushman, Francis X.
  • Roberts, Lynne
  • Middleton, Charles B.
  • Jones, Jennifer
  • Pichel, Irving
  • Owen, Michael
  • Wiley, Jan
  • Morgan, Ralph
  • Gould, Chester
  • Republic Pictures Corporation
  • VCI Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
0
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Tracy, Dick
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Dick Tracy : complete serial collection, produced by Republic Pictures, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the cartoon strip Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould
  • Includes all 60 episodes on 8 DVDs
  • Special features: introduction by Max Allan Collins (writer of the comic strip for 15 years after Chester Gould's retirement) ; commentary by Max Allan Collins ; photo gallery ; "Dick Tracy in B-Flat", a special Armed Forces radio program broadcast in 1945. featuring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and others ; rare episode from the 1950 TV series
Bar code
  • 31223127304443
  • 31223127304427
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Dick Tracy
  • (290 min., 1937)
  • Dick Tracy returns
  • (254 min., 1938)
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men
  • (263 min., 1939)
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.
  • (263 min., 1941)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen.
Extent
8 videodiscs (1070 min.)
Isbn
9781557396020
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
089859859021
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
8590
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)827359007
System details
DVD, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Dick Tracy : complete serial collection, produced by Republic Pictures, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the cartoon strip Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould
  • Includes all 60 episodes on 8 DVDs
  • Special features: introduction by Max Allan Collins (writer of the comic strip for 15 years after Chester Gould's retirement) ; commentary by Max Allan Collins ; photo gallery ; "Dick Tracy in B-Flat", a special Armed Forces radio program broadcast in 1945. featuring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and others ; rare episode from the 1950 TV series
Bar code
  • 31223127304443
  • 31223127304427
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Dick Tracy
  • (290 min., 1937)
  • Dick Tracy returns
  • (254 min., 1938)
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men
  • (263 min., 1939)
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc.
  • (263 min., 1941)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Full screen.
Extent
8 videodiscs (1070 min.)
Isbn
9781557396020
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
089859859021
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
8590
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)827359007
System details
DVD, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD

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