Frank Capra's Meet John Doe [videorecording (DVD)] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; The Laureate Company ; produced at Warner Bros. Studio ; screen play by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra.

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FilmPublisher number: #8599 | VCI EntertainmentPublisher: [Tulsa, Okla.] : VCI Entertainment, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Seventieth anniversary ultimate collector's edition; second DVD edition ; WidescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (123 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

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video

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videodisc

Audience:

Unrated
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ISBN:

9781557397157
1557397155

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Title on container and disc surface: Meet John Doe

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 23

Contents:

Disc 1. Movie -- disc 2. Featurettes.

Production credits:

Photography, George Barnes ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; Dimitri Tiomkin ; musical direction, Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod LaRocque, Spring Byington, Andrew Tombes.Summary: Fired from her job, reporter Ann Mitchell invents a fictitious "John Doe" to write an idealistic letter threatening suicide in protest of social ills. The public response to the letter is so enormous that Ann's newspaper rehires her and hires an out-of-work baseball player, John Willoughby to play the part of John Doe. He enters into the hoax for the money but ultimately rebels against the evil, self-serving despots who attempt to further their own political goals by controlling him and the thousands of John Doe fans who support him.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
DVD	John Tomay Memorial Library	DVDFIC	DVD FIC MEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	31030100126242

Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Brothers in 1941.

Based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell.

Special features include audio commentary, Meet Mr. Cooper, Meet Miss Stanwyck, Meet Mr. Capra, Vintage "Lux Theater" radio productions, before and after comparison of the digital restoration, extensive cast and crew profiles, production background.

Disc 1. Movie -- disc 2. Featurettes.

Photography, George Barnes ; editor, Daniel Mandell ; Dimitri Tiomkin ; musical direction, Leo F. Forbstein.

Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod LaRocque, Spring Byington, Andrew Tombes.

Fired from her job, reporter Ann Mitchell invents a fictitious "John Doe" to write an idealistic letter threatening suicide in protest of social ills. The public response to the letter is so enormous that Ann's newspaper rehires her and hires an out-of-work baseball player, John Willoughby to play the part of John Doe. He enters into the hoax for the money but ultimately rebels against the evil, self-serving despots who attempt to further their own political goals by controlling him and the thousands of John Doe fans who support him.

Not rated.

DVD [NTSC], all regions; Dolby digital.

In English with optional English, French, German Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

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