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The Resource The lady vanishes, GB Pictures presents ; a Gainsborough Picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder

The lady vanishes, GB Pictures presents ; a Gainsborough Picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder

Creator
Director
Contributor
Summary
A young woman on a train, enroute back to England from Switzerland, meets a charming older lady who promptly disappears. The other passengers deny ever having seen her, leading the young woman into a complex web of mystery and high adventure
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Note
  • Based on the story "The wheel spins" by Ethel Lina White
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1938
  • Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and a restoration demonstration
  • Synopsis written by Michael Wilmington on booklet inside of container
Contents
  • Opening titles
  • The hotel
  • The guests
  • Sleeping arrangements
  • Iris and company
  • "What's happening to England?"
  • Dining with Miss Froy
  • Goodnights and McGuffins
  • Gilbert's music
  • Gilbert and Iris meet
  • Music and murder
  • A slightly sunburnt offering
  • Iris and Miss Froy
  • "Froy--It rhymes with joy"
  • "There has been no English lady here"
  • "Never desert a lady in trouble"
  • A more complicated case
  • There is no Miss Froy
  • A most fascinating complication
  • "It isn't her!"
  • "You're always seeing things"
  • A million Mexicans drink it
  • The vanishing lady
  • "Kick him--See if he's got a false bottom!"
  • Something wrong about the nun
  • "To you health"
  • "The operation will not be successful"
  • "You haven't been drugged"
  • The tables turned
  • Diverted
  • "Things like this just don't happen"
  • "We'll never get to the match now"
  • A message to the foreign office
  • "We must get this train going"
  • Home, and unfinished business
  • End credits
  • Color bars
Isbn
9780780026698
Instance
Label
The lady vanishes
Title
The lady vanishes
Statement of responsibility
GB Pictures presents ; a Gainsborough Picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Title variation
Alfred Hitchcock's The lady vanishes
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Cinematographer
Commentator
Conductor
Director
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A young woman on a train, enroute back to England from Switzerland, meets a charming older lady who promptly disappears. The other passengers deny ever having seen her, leading the young woman into a complex web of mystery and high adventure
Member of
Additional physical form
Also issued on VHS.
Cataloging source
ION
Characteristic
videorecording
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Lady vanishes (Motion picture : 1938)
Credits note
Photography, Jack Cox ; editor, R.E. Dearing ; musical director, Louis Levy
Dewey number
791.43/72
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Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.L232 1998
PerformerNote
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford, Mary Clare, Googie Withers, Catherine Lacy
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1899-1980
  • 1894-1971
  • 1865-1948
  • 1897-1971
  • 1913-2001
  • 1901-1970
  • 1897-1952
  • 1894-1970
  • 1896-1960
  • 1893-1968
  • 1894-1957
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hitchcock, Alfred
  • Gilliat, Sidney
  • Launder, Frank
  • Lockwood, Margaret
  • Redgrave, Michael
  • Lukas, Paul
  • Whitty, May
  • Parker, Cecil
  • Travers, Linden
  • Wayne, Naunton
  • Radford, Basil
  • Clare, Mary
  • Withers, Googie
  • Lacey, Catherine
  • Cox, Jack
  • Dearing, R. E.
  • Levy, Louis
  • Eder, Bruce
  • White, Ethel Lina
  • Gaumont British Picture Corp
  • Gainsborough Studios
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
97
Series statement
  • Criterion collection
  • The Classic collection
Series volume
3
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  • White, Ethel Lina
  • Railroad trains
  • Missing persons
  • Spies
  • Feature films
  • White, Ethel Lina
  • Feature films
  • Missing persons
  • Railroad trains
  • Spies
  • Locomotives
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The lady vanishes, GB Pictures presents ; a Gainsborough Picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the story "The wheel spins" by Ethel Lina White
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1938
  • Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and a restoration demonstration
  • Synopsis written by Michael Wilmington on booklet inside of container
Accompanying material
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm folded to 19 x 13 cm).
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
Contents
Opening titles -- The hotel -- The guests -- Sleeping arrangements -- Iris and company -- "What's happening to England?" -- Dining with Miss Froy -- Goodnights and McGuffins -- Gilbert's music -- Gilbert and Iris meet -- Music and murder -- A slightly sunburnt offering -- Iris and Miss Froy -- "Froy--It rhymes with joy" -- "There has been no English lady here" -- "Never desert a lady in trouble" -- A more complicated case -- There is no Miss Froy -- A most fascinating complication -- "It isn't her!" -- "You're always seeing things" -- A million Mexicans drink it -- The vanishing lady -- "Kick him--See if he's got a false bottom!" -- Something wrong about the nun -- "To you health" -- "The operation will not be successful" -- "You haven't been drugged" -- The tables turned -- Diverted -- "Things like this just don't happen" -- "We'll never get to the match now" -- A message to the foreign office -- "We must get this train going" -- Home, and unfinished business -- End credits -- Color bars
Control code
40140714
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9780780026698
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • MU: Performance rights: Home view.
  • UMKC: Inquire with copyright@umkc.edu about availability of public performance rights.
Other control number
  • 037429122129
  • 037429178324
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
  • plastic
  • DVD-Video
Publisher number
LAD120
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)40140714
System details
DVD, Dolby digital monaural, aspect ratio 1.33:1, restored image and sound
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The lady vanishes, GB Pictures presents ; a Gainsborough Picture ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the story "The wheel spins" by Ethel Lina White
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1938
  • Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and a restoration demonstration
  • Synopsis written by Michael Wilmington on booklet inside of container
Accompanying material
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm folded to 19 x 13 cm).
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
Contents
Opening titles -- The hotel -- The guests -- Sleeping arrangements -- Iris and company -- "What's happening to England?" -- Dining with Miss Froy -- Goodnights and McGuffins -- Gilbert's music -- Gilbert and Iris meet -- Music and murder -- A slightly sunburnt offering -- Iris and Miss Froy -- "Froy--It rhymes with joy" -- "There has been no English lady here" -- "Never desert a lady in trouble" -- A more complicated case -- There is no Miss Froy -- A most fascinating complication -- "It isn't her!" -- "You're always seeing things" -- A million Mexicans drink it -- The vanishing lady -- "Kick him--See if he's got a false bottom!" -- Something wrong about the nun -- "To you health" -- "The operation will not be successful" -- "You haven't been drugged" -- The tables turned -- Diverted -- "Things like this just don't happen" -- "We'll never get to the match now" -- A message to the foreign office -- "We must get this train going" -- Home, and unfinished business -- End credits -- Color bars
Control code
40140714
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9780780026698
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
  • MU: Performance rights: Home view.
  • UMKC: Inquire with copyright@umkc.edu about availability of public performance rights.
Other control number
  • 037429122129
  • 037429178324
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
  • plastic
  • DVD-Video
Publisher number
LAD120
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)40140714
System details
DVD, Dolby digital monaural, aspect ratio 1.33:1, restored image and sound
Video recording format
DVD

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