George Bernard Shaw on film Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles and the Lion
(DVD) 

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Pascal, Gabriel, 1894-1954, film producer,
Erskine, Chester, 1905-1986, film director,
Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003, actor.
Harrison, Rex, actor.
Morley, Robert, actor.
Format
DVD
ISBN
9781604652505, 9781604652512, 9781604652529, 9781604652536
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (347 min.) : sound, color , black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
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Hunterdon North County Branch - Adult Media
GEORGE
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Language
English
ISBN
9781604652505, 9781604652512, 9781604652529, 9781604652536
UPC
715515055215

Notes

General Note
Includes the 3 complete films of Bernard Shaw.
General Note
Major Barbara and Androcles and the lion and shot in black and white and monoaural ; Caesar and Cleopatra shot in Technicolor.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography : Ronald Neame (Major Barbara), Jack Cardiff (Caesar and Cleopatra), Harry Stradling (Androcles and the Lion).
Participants/Performers
Starring, in Major Barbara : Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton ; in Caesar and Cleopatra : Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson ; in Androcles and the lion: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Alan Young.
Description
The hugely influential, Nobel Prize winning critic and playwright George Bernard Shaw was notoriously reluctant to allow his writing to be adapted for the cinema. Yet thanks to the persistence of Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal, Shaw finally agreed to collaborate on a series of screen versions of his witty, socially minded plays.
Description
Major Barbara: Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army, but also the daughter of Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire arms manufacturer. A comedic battle rages between daughter and father, posing the question: does salvation come through faith of science?--International Movie Data Base.
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Caesar and Cleopatra: Cleopatra hasn't been on the throne of the pharoahs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. Caesar finds the prospect of romance more tempting than he expected, since Cleopatra is a rare woman who is bright as well as beautiful. And for Cleopatra, a friendly relationship with the most powerful man in the world may pay dividends in the future--International Movie Data Base.
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Androcles and the lion: Androcles is a Christian in ancient Rome who applies that religion's teachings even as they apply to the treatment of animals. Seeing a lion in pain, he removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw, creating a friend for life. Androcles and a number of other Christians are eventually arrested and condemned to death in the arena. They are to die by being eaten by lions. Is it too much to hope that one of the lions may have a paw that has healed recently and might remember who did it.?--International Movie Data Base.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.22:1) presentation ; mono. Caesar and Cleopatra, in Technocolor.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Hunterdon North County Branch - Adult MediaGEORGEAvailable
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Morris County Library - Adult MediaFOREIGN-GREAT BRITAIN GEORGE BERNARD DVD15103FOREIGN: GREAT BRITAIN ; CONTAINS 3 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW FILMS IN ONE CASEAvailable

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Caesar, Julius -- Drama.
Children of the rich -- Drama.
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- Drama.
Colosseum (Rome, Italy) -- Drama.
Egypt -- Drama.
Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films -- Great Britain.
Historical films.
Lion -- Rome -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Rome -- Drama.
Salvation Army -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Salvation Army -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Enslaved persons -- Rome -- Drama.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pascal, G., Erskine, C., Hiller, W., Harrison, R., Morley, R., Newton, R., Mature, V., Thorndike, S., Williams, E., Kerr, D., Tree, D., Dudley-Ward, P., Lohr, M., Hudd, W., Calthrop, D., Leigh, V., Rains, C., Granger, S., Robson, F., Sullivan, F. L., Sydney, B., Parker, C., Thesiger, E., Eustrel, A., Harvey, A., Simmons, J., Evans, M., Young, A., Lanchester, E., Gardiner, R., Lockhart, G., Willman, N., French, H., Lean, D., Neame, R., Korda, V., Bryan, J., Frend, C., Walton, W., Cardiff, J., Hildyard, J., Krasker, R., Young, F., Messel, O., Wilson, F., Auric, G., Englund, K., Stradling, H., Horner, H., D'Agostino, A., Pyke, C. F., Dunn, L. G., Gross, R., Hollaender, F., Shaw, B., & Shaw, B. George Bernard Shaw on film: Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles and the Lion .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gabriel Pascal et al.. George Bernard Shaw On Film: Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles and the Lion. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gabriel Pascal et al.. George Bernard Shaw On Film: Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles and the Lion .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pascal, Gabriel, et al. George Bernard Shaw On Film: Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles and the Lion

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