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The Resource The Topper collection, Hal Roach presents, (videorecording)

The Topper collection, Hal Roach presents, (videorecording)

Label
The Topper collection
Title
The Topper collection
Statement of responsibility
Hal Roach presents
Contributor
Actor
Distributor
Film director
Presenter
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Topper: Cosmo Topper, a shy, stuffed-shirt banker, finds his life turned upside-down by two fun-loving ghosts who enter his world to bring some fun into his life for their needed "good deed". Topper takes a trip: Marian Kirby, one of the ghosts from Topper returns into his life so she can join her husband "up there" by helping the meek banker. Topper returns: Topper turns amateur detective as the ghost of a beautiful murdered girl enlists him to try and find her killer in an eerie old house
Is part of
Cataloging source
JBU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Topper and Topper takes a trip: director, Norman Z. McLeod. Topper returns: director, Roy Del Ruth
Dewey number
[Fic]
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.A1
LC item number
T677 2017
PerformerNote
  • Topper: Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper
  • Topper takes a trip: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale
  • Topper returns: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1898-1964
  • 1893-1961
  • 1904-1965
  • 1887-1953
  • 1904-1986
  • 1885-1970
  • 1896-1969
  • 1919-1948
  • 1892-1992
  • 1892-1934
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • McLeod, Norman Z.
  • Del Ruth, Roy
  • Bennett, Constance
  • Young, Roland
  • Grant, Cary
  • Burke, Billie
  • Mowbray, Alan
  • Blondell, Joan
  • Landis, Carole
  • Roach, Hal
  • Smith, Thorne
  • VCI Entertainment (Firm)
  • MVD Visual (Firm)
Runtime
271
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bankers
  • Private investigators
  • Homicide investigation
  • Ghost plays
Technique
live action
Label
The Topper collection, Hal Roach presents, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Originally released as motion pictures
  • Based on the Thorne Smith characters
  • Bonus colorized versions of each film included
Bar code
  • 31223143769181
  • 31223143769199
  • 31223143769173
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Topper (1936) (97 min.) -- Topper takes trip (1938) (84 min.) -- Topper returns (1940) (90 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
3 videodiscs (271 min.)
Lccn
2022605582
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
089859889929
Other physical details
sound, black and white, color
Publisher number
VCI-8899
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1019825364
System details
DVD, all regions, Dolby digital sound
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The Topper collection, Hal Roach presents, (videorecording)
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Originally released as motion pictures
  • Based on the Thorne Smith characters
  • Bonus colorized versions of each film included
Bar code
  • 31223143769181
  • 31223143769199
  • 31223143769173
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Topper (1936) (97 min.) -- Topper takes trip (1938) (84 min.) -- Topper returns (1940) (90 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
3 videodiscs (271 min.)
Lccn
2022605582
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
089859889929
Other physical details
sound, black and white, color
Publisher number
VCI-8899
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1019825364
System details
DVD, all regions, Dolby digital sound
Video recording format
DVD

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