Orson Welles double feature #1 [videorecording].
2004
PN1997 .O771 2004
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Title
Orson Welles double feature #1 [videorecording].
ISBN
1932566341
Imprint
[Itasca, IL] : Critics' Choice Video, c2004.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (183 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers
617742103496
Call Number
PN1997 .O771 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.45
Distributor No.
CCD 1034 Critics' Choice
Summary
"The stranger" is a story about an ex-Nazi is allowed to escape from a German war crimes prison after WWII to lead the Allies to a notorious spy planning to revive the Third Reich. The trail leads to a small Connecticut town where intrigue and murder combine for a tense situation. "King Lear" is a Peter Brooks adaptation of Shakespeare's work about an aging king who divides his kingdom between two ungrateful daughters.
Note
King Lear originally produced for the Omnibus television program on CBS.
The stranger: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles. King Lear: Orson Welles (King Lear), Natasha Parry (Cordelia), Arnold Moss (Duke of Albany), Bramwell Fletcher (Earl of Kent), David J. Stewart (Oswald), Margaret Phillips (Regan), Beatrice Straight (Goneril), Alan Badel (Fool), Micheal MacLiammoir (Poor Tom), Frederic Worlock (Earl of Gloucester), Scott Forbes (Duke of Cornwall), Wesley Addy (King of France), Fred Sadoff (Duke of Burgundy), Lloyd Bochner (First Gentleman), Chris Gampel (First Servant), Le Roi Operti (Doctor).
The stranger: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles. King Lear: Orson Welles (King Lear), Natasha Parry (Cordelia), Arnold Moss (Duke of Albany), Bramwell Fletcher (Earl of Kent), David J. Stewart (Oswald), Margaret Phillips (Regan), Beatrice Straight (Goneril), Alan Badel (Fool), Micheal MacLiammoir (Poor Tom), Frederic Worlock (Earl of Gloucester), Scott Forbes (Duke of Cornwall), Wesley Addy (King of France), Fred Sadoff (Duke of Burgundy), Lloyd Bochner (First Gentleman), Chris Gampel (First Servant), Le Roi Operti (Doctor).
Credits
The stranger: screen play by Anthony Veiller ; adaptation by Victor Trivas and Decla Dunning ; original story by Victor Trivas ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; produced by S.P. Eagle ; direction, Orson Welles. King Lear: staged by Peter Brooks ; producer, Fred Rickey ; director, Andrew McCullough ; host: Alistair Cooke.
Added Author
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Added Corporate Author
Critics' Choice Video (Firm)
Series
Critics' choice classic movie collection.
Includes
Stranger.
King Lear.
King Lear.
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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Table of Contents
The stranger (1946) (94 min.)
King Lear (1953) (89 min.)
King Lear (1953) (89 min.)