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The Resource Only angels have wings, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play, Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks

Only angels have wings, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play, Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks

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Summary
"A traveling entertainer ... gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome and aloof daredevil pilot who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations"--Container
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
DVD special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (121 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1939
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Insert includes the essay Hawks's genius takes flight by film critic Michael Sragow
  • Special features: Hawks and Bogdanovich (audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation); David Thomson on Only angels have wings (interview) ; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies (new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt); Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939 (starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barethelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by director Cecil B. DeMille) ; theatrical trailer
Isbn
9781681431314
Instance
Label
Only angels have wings
Title
Only angels have wings
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play, Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Title variation
Howard Hawks' Only angels have wings
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"A traveling entertainer ... gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome and aloof daredevil pilot who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations"--Container
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videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Only angels have wings (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Viola Lawrence ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin
Language note
In English (Dolby digital mono) with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
PerformerNote
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Josyln
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1896-1977,
  • 1894-1979,
  • 1894-1973,
  • 1904-1986,
  • 1900-1991,
  • 1895-1963,
  • 1918-1987,
  • 1892-1962,
  • 1901-1981,
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hawks, Howard
  • Furthman, Jules,
  • Walker, Joseph B.,
  • Tiomkin, Dimitri
  • Lawrence, Viola
  • Grant, Cary
  • Arthur, Jean
  • Barthelmess, Richard
  • Hayworth, Rita
  • Mitchell, Thomas
  • Joslyn, Allyn
  • Sragow, Michael,
  • Columbia Pictures Corporation,
  • Criterion Collection (Firm),
Runtime
121
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
806
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women entertainers
  • Air pilots
  • Daredevils
  • Air mail service
  • Man-woman relationships
  • South America
  • Air mail service
  • Air pilots
  • Daredevils
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Women entertainers
  • South America
Technique
live action
Label
Only angels have wings, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play, Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1939
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Insert includes the essay Hawks's genius takes flight by film critic Michael Sragow
  • Special features: Hawks and Bogdanovich (audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation); David Thomson on Only angels have wings (interview) ; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies (new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt); Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939 (starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barethelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by director Cecil B. DeMille) ; theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 folded insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
942099839
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (121 min.)
Isbn
9781681431314
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515173810
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2606D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)942099839
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Only angels have wings, Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play, Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a feature film in 1939
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Insert includes the essay Hawks's genius takes flight by film critic Michael Sragow
  • Special features: Hawks and Bogdanovich (audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation); David Thomson on Only angels have wings (interview) ; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies (new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt); Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939 (starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barethelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by director Cecil B. DeMille) ; theatrical trailer
Accompanying material
1 folded insert
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
942099839
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
DVD special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (121 min.)
Isbn
9781681431314
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515173810
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
CC2606D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)942099839
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1
Terms governing use
Bates: No public performance rights purchased; home, library, or classroom use only
Video recording format
DVD

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