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The Resource Higher and higher, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan, (videorecording)

Higher and higher, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan, (videorecording)

Label
Higher and higher
Title
Higher and higher
Statement of responsibility
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Formerly rich Mr. Drake is broke...with his household staff's wages in arrears. Conniving valet Mike O'Brien hatches a scheme to pass off the scullery maid as Drake's debutante daughter and net a rich husband for the benefit of all
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Robert de Grasse ; editor, Gene Milford ; musical direction, C. Bakaleinikoff
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Language note
English dialogue with subtitles in English and French; subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.H54447 2008
PerformerNote
Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul and Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1893-1957
  • 1890-1949
  • 1916-1987
  • 1912-1986
  • 1898-1988
  • 1895-1951
  • 1920-2016
  • 1897-1979
  • 1915-1998
  • 1881-1951
  • 1910-1995
  • 1887-1958
  • 1922-2017
  • 1925-1999
  • 1904-1973
  • 1907-1955
  • 1894-1953
  • 1886-1947
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Whelan, Tim
  • Dratler, Jay
  • Spence, Ralph
  • Bowers, William
  • Harris, Howard
  • Hurlbut, Gladys
  • Logan, Joshua
  • Wiman, Dwight Deere
  • Morgan, Michèle
  • Haley, Jack
  • Sinatra, Frank
  • Errol, Leon
  • McGuire, Marcy
  • Borge, Victor
  • Wickes, Mary
  • Risdon, Elizabeth
  • Hale, Barbara
  • Tormé, Mel
  • Hartman, Paul
  • Hartman, Grace
  • Wilson, Dooley
  • Scott, Ivy
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
91
Series statement
  • Frank Sinatra collection
  • Frank Sinatra. The early years
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rich people
  • Household employees
  • Valets
  • Bankruptcy
  • Deception
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Debutantes
  • Marriage
Technique
live action
Label
Higher and higher, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based upon the musical play "Higher and higher" (book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan ; produced by Dwight Deere Wiman ; music and lyrics of song 'Disgustingly rich' by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1943
Bar code
31223107213887
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (91 min.)
Isbn
9781419867668
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929010301
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
2000002381
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)227379050
System details
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Higher and higher, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence ; additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris ; produced and directed by Tim Whelan, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Based upon the musical play "Higher and higher" (book by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan ; produced by Dwight Deere Wiman ; music and lyrics of song 'Disgustingly rich' by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1943
Bar code
31223107213887
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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (91 min.)
Isbn
9781419867668
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929010301
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
2000002381
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)227379050
System details
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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