Bibliograph

Type

Label

Binge Box, best picture '30s-'50s : 5 movies

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: PG

Main title

Binge Box

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1201265104

Runtime

596

Sub title

best picture '30s-'50s : 5 movies

Summary

It happened one night (1934): When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exchange for her exclusive storyHow green was my valley (1941): A man looks back on his life as a boy in a small Welsh mining town. His reminiscences reveal the disintegration of his closely knit family while capturing the sentiments and issues of their timeThe lost weekend (1945): A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholismFrom here to eternity (1953): Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl HarborThe bridge on the River Kwai (1957): British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy

Table Of Contents

It happened one night, screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra, (105 min., Not rated), How green was my valley, screenplay by Philip Dunne ; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck ; directed by John Ford, (118 min., Rated G), The, Lost weekend, screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ; produced by Charles Brackett ; directed by Billy Wilder, (100 min., Not rated), From here to eternity, producer, Buddy Adler ; director, Fred Zinnemann ; screenplay, Daniel Taradash, (118 min., Not rated), The, Bridge on the River Kwai, screenplay by Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman ; a Horizon Picture ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by David Lean (155 min., Rated PG)

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Academy award winners, best picture '30s-'50sBest picture '30's-'50s

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