Pre-Code Hollywood collection, Disc 3,, Fullscreen

Type

Label

Pre-Code Hollywood collection, Disc 3,, Fullscreen

Note

Title from set containerMurder at the Vanities is based on a play by Earl Carroll and Rufus KingSearch for beauty is based on the play "Love your body" by Schuyler E. Grey and Paul R. MiltonMurder at the Vanities violated the Production Code's strictures against semi-nude women, cocktails for two and smoking marajuana and violated almost every section of the Code (six months later and it would not have been made). Search for beauty violated the Production Codes strictures against scenes of naked bodies. The film was heavily censored and was never re-issued or re-made

Acquisition source address

Midwest Tape

Color

black and white

Configuration of playback channels

monaural

Dimensions

other

Edition

Fullscreen.

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Murder at the Vanities cast: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney, Gertrude MichaelSearch for beauty cast: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Toby Wing, Gertrude Michael, Bradley Page

Physical Description

1 videodisc (168 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 1176180(OCoLC)317559564

System details

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.37:1); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono., digitally remastered, dual-layer, NTSC

Upc

025195051910