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The Resource Born to be bad, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play, Edith Sommer ; adaptation, Charles Schnee ; additional dialogue, Robert Soderberg and George Oppenheimer ; produced by Robert Sparks ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Born to be bad, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play, Edith Sommer ; adaptation, Charles Schnee ; additional dialogue, Robert Soderberg and George Oppenheimer ; produced by Robert Sparks ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Label
Born to be bad
Title
Born to be bad
Statement of responsibility
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play, Edith Sommer ; adaptation, Charles Schnee ; additional dialogue, Robert Soderberg and George Oppenheimer ; produced by Robert Sparks ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A conniving amoral young woman lies and schemes through San Francisco society to get a rich husband while continuing her affair with her former lover--an affair that threatens to destroy her life
Member of
Cataloging source
UIU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Nicholas Musuraca ; editor, Frederic Knudtson ; music, Frederick Hollander
Dewey number
791.45/72
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B67 2012
PerformerNote
Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel Ferrer, Harold Vermilyea
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1917-2013
  • 1909-1973
  • 1914-1965
  • 1925-2015
  • 1889-1958
  • 1917-1994
  • 1916-1962
  • 1901-1963
  • 1911-1979
  • 1888-1957
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fontaine, Joan
  • Ryan, Robert
  • Scott, Zachary
  • Leslie, Joan
  • Ferrer, Mel
  • Vermilyea, Harold
  • Sommer, Edith
  • Schnee, Charles
  • Soderberg, Robert W.
  • Oppenheimer, George
  • Sparks, Robert
  • Ray, Nicholas
  • Parrish, Anne
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
90
Series statement
Film noir archive collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Young women
  • Deception
  • Man-woman relationships
  • San Francisco (Calif.)
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Born to be bad, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play, Edith Sommer ; adaptation, Charles Schnee ; additional dialogue, Robert Soderberg and George Oppenheimer ; produced by Robert Sparks ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel "All kneeling" by Anne Parrish
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Special features: alternate ending with never-before-seen footage; 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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (90 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883316574881
  • 883316574881
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
11004952
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)812845081
  • 1614322
System details
DVD (MOD disc); full screen 4x3, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Born to be bad, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; screen play, Edith Sommer ; adaptation, Charles Schnee ; additional dialogue, Robert Soderberg and George Oppenheimer ; produced by Robert Sparks ; directed by Nicholas Ray
Publication
Note
  • Based on the novel "All kneeling" by Anne Parrish
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Special features: alternate ending with never-before-seen footage; 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
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (90 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 883316574881
  • 883316574881
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
11004952
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)812845081
  • 1614322
System details
DVD (MOD disc); full screen 4x3, 1.37:1; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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