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The Resource Sister Kenny, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Dudley Nichols ; screenplay by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; directed by Dudley Nichols

Sister Kenny, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Dudley Nichols ; screenplay by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; directed by Dudley Nichols

Label
Sister Kenny
Title
Sister Kenny
Statement of responsibility
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Dudley Nichols ; screenplay by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; directed by Dudley Nichols
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film distributor
Film producer
Presenter
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Could a simple country nurse possibly have found a treatment for polio when educated doctors have failed? This is the remarkable true story of Elizabeth Kenny, a nurse far out in the Australian bush, who follows her instincts to treat small children inflicted with the dreaded crippling disease
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.S57 2015
PerformerNote
Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1895-1960
  • 1912-1989
  • 1903-1991
  • 1886-1946
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Nichols, Dudley
  • McCarthy, Mary
  • Russell, Rosalind
  • Knox, Alexander
  • Jagger, Dean
  • Merivale, Philip
  • Kenny, Elizabeth
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
116
Series statement
Archive collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Kenny, Elizabeth
  • Nurses
  • Poliomyelitis
Technique
live action
Label
Sister Kenny, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Dudley Nichols ; screenplay by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; directed by Dudley Nichols
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Based on the book And they shall walk by Elizabeth Kenny
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1946
  • Full screen (4x3, 1.37:1)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1098721
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574143718
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o907686294
  • (OCoLC)907686294
System details
DVD, full-screen (4x3, 1.37:1); Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Sister Kenny, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Dudley Nichols ; screenplay by Dudley Nichols, Alexander Knox and Mary McCarthy ; directed by Dudley Nichols
Publication
Distribution
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • Based on the book And they shall walk by Elizabeth Kenny
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1946
  • Full screen (4x3, 1.37:1)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1098721
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (116 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574143718
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o907686294
  • (OCoLC)907686294
System details
DVD, full-screen (4x3, 1.37:1); Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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