Forbidden Hollywood collection, Volume three

The Resource Forbidden Hollywood collection, Volume three
Label
Forbidden Hollywood collection, Volume three
Title number
Volume three
Statement of responsibility
Turner Entertainment Co. ; TCM Archives
Title variation
Forbidden Hollywood collection
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • Disc 1: Other men's women: Bill and Jack are railroad men. When Bill comes to stay with Jack and his wife, Bill and Lily fall in love. Jack confronts Bill about his suspicions and the two fight, leaving Jack seriously injured. The purchase price: Joan Gordon is a singer tiring of her relationship with Eddie. She flees to North Dakota to become a mail-order bride. Happiness is threatened by her stubborn husband, a lecherous neighbor and the appearance of Eddie
  • Disc 2: Frisco Jenny: Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has gone on to become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. After putting her son up for adoption, he becomes a district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. She kills an underling who wants her son dead and is now facing execution. Midnight Mary: A mistaken arrest, a prison term, and lack of employment leads to a young woman's involvement with gangsters. In a brothel she meets a wealthy lawyer who falls in love with her. He helps her turn her life around, but her past catches up with her. Now she is on trial for murder
  • Disc 3: Heroes for sale: A man stands up during a WWI battle and becomes a hero, but he doesn't get the credit. He becomes injured and soon gets hooked on morphine, causing him to fall apart when he returns home. He eventually marries, but soon the Depression hits. Wild boys of the road: Tom and Ed are high school students whose parents, thanks to the Depression, have lost their jobs. Wanting to help make money, they set off on the rails looking for work. They finally end up in New York and Ed thinks he might have found a job
  • Disc 4: Wild Bill: Explores the life and directorial times of William A. Wellman. The men who made the movies: Wellman shares many stories and speaks bluntly of the producers with who he has worked and describes his remarkable star-making and star-spotting abilities. He was responsible for helping actors win Oscars and discovered such notable actors as James Cagney and Gary Cooper
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Cataloging source
OCP
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Wild Bill: Hollywood maverick: Editor, Leslie Jones ; original music, David Bell
  • The men who made the movies: William A. Wellman: Editor, Bryan McKenzie
Dewey number
791.43/75
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
English dialogue, French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F67 2009
PerformerNote
  • Other men's women cast: Grant Withers, Regis Toomey, Mary Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fred Kohler, Joan Blondell, James Cagney
  • The purchase price cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot
  • Frisco Jenny cast: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern
  • Midnight Mary cast: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel
  • Heroes for sale cast: Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young, Gordon Westcott
  • Wild boys of the road cast: Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Ann Hovey, Arthur Hohl
  • Wild Bill: Hollywood maverick narrator, Alec Baldwin
Runtime
573
Series statement
TCM archives
Technique
live action

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