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Forbidden Hollywood collection. Volume two [videorecording].

Contributor Leonard, Robert Z., 1889-1968.

Imprint:Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2008.

Description3 videodiscs (370 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:The divorcee based on the novel "Ex-wife" by Ursula Parrott; A free soul based on the novel by Adela Rogers St. Johns; Night nurse based on the novel by Dora Macy.

Note:Originally released as motion pictures from 1930-1933.

Note:Features: "Thou shalt not sin : sex, sin, and censorship in pre-code Hollywood" documentary, commentaries on The divorcee and Night nurse by film historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta, theatrical trailers for Female, Night nurse, and Three on a match.

Note:The divorcee (1930, 82 min.) / directed by Robert Z. Leonard -- A free soul (1931, 93 min.) / directed by Clarence Brown -- Three on a match (1932, 63 min.) / directed by Mervyn LeRoy -- Female (1933, 60 min.) / directed by Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, William A. Wellman -- Night nurse (1931, 72 min.) / directed by William A. Wellman.

Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.

Note:A woman uncovers her husband's infidelities and then decides to return the favor tryst by tryst; a lawyer defends a gangster client and discovers his daughter has fallen in love with the gangster; three childhood friends reunite ten years after high school; a woman in charge of her company engages the men who work under her as she wants until she meets her male counterpart; a pediatric nurse uncovers a plot to starve her two young patients to death.

Note : PerformerThe divorcee: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris; A free soul: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable; Three on a match: Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak; Female: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent ; Night nurse: Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable.

System Details NotesDVD, Dolby digital mono.

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Contributor
Leonard, Robert Z., 1889-1968.
Brown, Clarence, 1890-1987.
LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987.
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983.
Gable, Clark, 1901-1960.
Davis, Bette, 1908-1989.
Chatterton, Ruth, 1893-1961.
Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990.
Parrott, Ursula, 1899-1957 Ex-wife.
St. Johns, Adela Rogers.
Macy, Dora, 1900-1955.
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Series Added Entry
Turner classic movies. TCM archives
Subject:
Parrott, Ursula, 1899-1957 -- Film and video adaptations.
St. Johns, Adela Rogers -- Film and video adaptations.
Macy, Dora, 1900-1955 -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Female friendship -- Drama.
Nurses -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Romance films.
Black and white films.
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Entry - Uniform Title
Divorcee (Motion picture : 1930)
Three on a match (Motion picture : 1932)
Free soul (Motion picture)
Female (Motion picture)
Night nurse (Motion picture)