Dark passage

Format:

Video disc

Title:

Dark passage

ISBN:

9781419817656

9781419817717

Edition:

Standard version.

Publication Information:

Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2005]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Bogie & Bacall, the signature collection.

General Note:

From the novel by David Goodis.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1947.

Also issued as part of the box set: Bogie & Bacall the signature collection.

Special features: "Hold your breath and cross your fingers: the story of Dark passage" featurette; "Slick hare" Bugs Bunny cartoon; Theatrical trailer.

Contents:

Feature program: Dark passage -- Special features -- Hold your breath and cross your fingers : the story of Dark passage / produced in association with Kurtti-Pellerin -- "Slick hare" / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents Merrie melodies, a Warner Bros. cartoon. Voice characterization, Mel Blanc. Directed by I. Freleng ; story, Tedd Pierce, Michael Maltese ; animation, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chimiquy, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin ; musical direction, Carl Stalling -- Theatrical trailer.

Summary:

Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.

Reading Level:

MPAA: Not rated.

Subject(s):

Fugitives from justice -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Judicial error -- California -- Drama.

Murder -- California -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

California.

California -- San Francisco.

Genre:

Suspense in motion pictures, television, etc.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Added Corporate Author:

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

First National Pictures, Inc.

Turner Entertainment Co.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Added Title:

Slick hare.

Bogie & Bacall the signature collection.

Holds:

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Summary

A convict escapes from San Quentin to prove he was framed for the murder of his wife. Includes: Making of Featurette - Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: the Story of Dark Passage.

Author Notes

Lauren Bacall September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014 Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in Brooklyn, New York on September 16, 1924. She started modeling as a teenager and at the age of 18, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. This cover led to her first movie, To Have and Have Not, which was released in 1944 and also starred Humphrey Bogart, who became her lover on the set. They were married on May 21, 1945. They starred in several movies together including The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. They were married for 12 years before Bogart died of cancer in 1957.

During her lifetime, she appeared in more than 40 movies including How to Marry a Millionaire, Designing Woman, Murder on the Orient Express, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dogville, and Manderlay. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures" and was named a Kennedy Center Honors winner in 1997.

She also appeared on Broadway in Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower. She won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, which were both adapted from classic films. Her first autobiography, Lauren Bacall by Myself, won a National Book Award in 1980. Her second autobiography, Now, was published in 1994. She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89.

(Bowker Author Biography)