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Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection, Sidney Poitier, presented by Warner Home Video, (DVD)

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Summary
  • Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel
  • Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share bond that cuts across society's black/white divide
  • Something of value: When the Mau Maus spread violence and terror throughout British East Africa in an effort to sweep the British from the land, families on both sides are shattered, and two young men who wanted only to live in peace and mutual respect must confront their destinies
  • A patch of blue: A blind white woman falls in love with a black man, much to the consternation of her racist mother
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
4 videodiscs (404 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Blackboard jungle: based on the novel by Evan Hunter ; Something of value: based on the novel by Robert C. Ruark ; A patch of blue: based on "Be ready bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata
Contents
  • disc 1. Blackboard jungle (1955, 100 min.)
  • disc 2. Edge of the city (1957, 85 min.)
  • disc 3. Something of value (1957, 114 min.)
  • disc 4. A patch of blue (1965, 105 min.)
Instance
Label
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection, Sidney Poitier
Title
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection
Title part
Sidney Poitier
Statement of responsibility
presented by Warner Home Video
Title variation
  • Greatest classic legends film collection
  • TCM greatest classic legends film collection
  • Sidney Poiiter
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • Blackboard jungle: Urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Based on Evan Hunter's novel
  • Edge of the city: If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, and Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share bond that cuts across society's black/white divide
  • Something of value: When the Mau Maus spread violence and terror throughout British East Africa in an effort to sweep the British from the land, families on both sides are shattered, and two young men who wanted only to live in peace and mutual respect must confront their destinies
  • A patch of blue: A blind white woman falls in love with a black man, much to the consternation of her racist mother
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MDK
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Blackboard jungle: screenplay by Richard Brooks; directred by Richard Brooks; produced by Pandro S. Berman
  • Edge of the city: story and screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur; produced by David Susskind; directed by Martin Ritt
  • Something of value: screenplay by Richard Brooks, produced by Pandro S. Berman ; directed by Richard Brooks
  • A patch of blue: music by Jerry Goldsmith, written for the screen and directed by Guy Green; produced by Pandro S. Berman
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
English, French, Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
  • Blackboard jungle: Sidney Poitier, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes
  • Edge of the city: Sidney Poitier, John Cassavetes, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee
  • Something of value: Sidney Poitier, Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juana Hernandez, William Marshall
  • A patch of blue: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1912-1992
  • 1925-1985
  • 1915-1965
  • 1920-1987
  • 1922-1978
  • 1914-1990
  • 1929-1989
  • 1925-1989
  • 1916-2006
  • 1930-2011
  • 1895-1956
  • 1916-1977
  • 1926-2005
  • 1913-2005
  • 1905-1996
  • 1941-1987
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Brooks, Richard
  • Wynter, Dana
  • Hudson, Rock
  • Ruark, Robert Chester
  • Susskind, David
  • Aurthur, Robert Alan
  • Ritt, Martin
  • Cassavetes, John
  • Warden, Jack
  • Maguire, Kathleen
  • Dee, Ruby
  • Ford, Glenn
  • Francis, Anne
  • Calhern, Louis
  • Hayes, Margaret
  • Hunter, Evan
  • Green, Guy
  • Berman, Pandro S.
  • Goldsmith, Jerry
  • Poitier, Sidney
  • Winters, Shelley
  • Hartman, Elizabeth
  • Kata, Elizabeth
Runtime
404
Series statement
Turner classic movies greatest classic legends film collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Kenya
  • Kenya
  • Railroad yards
  • Stevedores
  • Corruption
  • United States
  • Schools
  • Juvenile delinquents
  • Teachers
  • Hunter, Evan
  • Interracial dating
  • Blind women
  • African American men
Technique
live action
Label
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection, Sidney Poitier, presented by Warner Home Video, (DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Blackboard jungle: based on the novel by Evan Hunter ; Something of value: based on the novel by Robert C. Ruark ; A patch of blue: based on "Be ready bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Contents
disc 1. Blackboard jungle (1955, 100 min.) -- disc 2. Edge of the city (1957, 85 min.) -- disc 3. Something of value (1957, 114 min.) -- disc 4. A patch of blue (1965, 105 min.)
Control code
ocn830033797
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (404 min.)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929290505
Other physical details
sd., b&w & col.
Publisher number
3000047252
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)830033797
System details
DVD, full screen presentation & widescreen presentation; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; double-sided disc; dual-layer
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Turner Classic Movies greatest classic legends film collection, Sidney Poitier, presented by Warner Home Video, (DVD)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Blackboard jungle: based on the novel by Evan Hunter ; Something of value: based on the novel by Robert C. Ruark ; A patch of blue: based on "Be ready bells and drums" by Elizabeth Kata
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Contents
disc 1. Blackboard jungle (1955, 100 min.) -- disc 2. Edge of the city (1957, 85 min.) -- disc 3. Something of value (1957, 114 min.) -- disc 4. A patch of blue (1965, 105 min.)
Control code
ocn830033797
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (404 min.)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929290505
Other physical details
sd., b&w & col.
Publisher number
3000047252
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)830033797
System details
DVD, full screen presentation & widescreen presentation; region 1; Dolby Digital mono.; double-sided disc; dual-layer
Video recording format
DVD

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