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The Resource The great dictator, Charles Chaplin Film Corporation ; written & directed by Charles Chaplin

The great dictator, Charles Chaplin Film Corporation ; written & directed by Charles Chaplin

Label
The great dictator
Title
The great dictator
Statement of responsibility
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation ; written & directed by Charles Chaplin
Contributor
Actor
Artistic director
Screenwriter
Composer
Cinematographer
Director
Film editor
Musical director
Sound designer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In Chaplin's first talkie, he plays the duel role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber who is a dead-ringer look-alike for der Nutsie...and who thwarts his plans for world domination
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Great dictator (Motion picture)
Credits note
Directors of photography, Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh ; film editor, Willard Nico ; musical direction, Meredith Willson ; original music, Charles Chaplin, Meredith Willson ; art director, J. Russell Spencer ; sound, Percy Townsend, Glenn Rominger
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.G74 2011
PerformerNote
Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle, Carter De Haven, Maurice Moscovich, Emma Dunn, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, Chester Conklin, Esther Michelson, Hank Mann, Florence Wright, Eddie Gribbon, Robert O'Davis, Eddie Dunn, Nita Pike, Peter Lynn
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1889-1977
  • 1886-1981
  • 1890-1967
  • 1902-1984
  • 1911-1990
  • 1903-1978
  • 1903-1980
  • 1894-1963
  • 1893-1971
  • 1888-1963
  • 1886-1977
  • 1871-1940
  • 1875-1966
  • 1886-1955
  • 1867-1951
  • 1888-1971
  • 1898-1965
  • 1887-1971
  • 1896-1951
  • 1913-1954
  • 1906-1964
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Chaplin, Charlie
  • Struss, Karl
  • Totheroh, Roland H.
  • Nico, Willard
  • Willson, Meredith
  • Spencer, J. Russell
  • Townsend, Percy J
  • Rominger, Glenn
  • Goddard, Paulette
  • Oakie, Jack
  • Gardiner, Reginald
  • Daniell, Henry
  • Gilbert, Billy
  • Hayle, Grace
  • De Haven, Carter
  • Moscovich, Maurice
  • Dunn, Emma
  • Gorcey, Bernard
  • Weigel, Paul
  • Conklin, Chester
  • Michelson, Esther
  • Mann, Hank
  • Wright, Florence
  • Gribbon, Edward
  • Dunn, Eddie
  • Pike, Nita
  • Lynn, George
  • Charles Chaplin Film Corporation
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
  • Janus Films
  • MK2 Productions
Runtime
125
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
565
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hitler, Adolf
  • Mussolini, Benito
  • Dictators
  • Dictators
  • Fascism
  • National socialism
  • Jews
  • Antisemitism
  • Germany
Technique
live action
Label
The great dictator, Charles Chaplin Film Corporation ; written & directed by Charles Chaplin
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940
  • DVD release date: May. 24, 2011
  • Special features: Disc 1. Commentary with author Dan Kamin and historian Hooman Mehran. Disc 2. "The tramp and the dictator" Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft's documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler; "Chaplin's Napoleon" visual essay by Cecilia Cenciarelli; "The clown turns prophet" visual essay by Jeffrey Vance; "Sydney Chaplin's footage" making of featurette by Sydney Chaplin; "King, Queen, Joker" short film directed and played by Sydney Chaplin; "Charlie the barber" deleted scene. Booklet: "The joker and the madman" essay by Michael Wood; "Mr. Chaplin answers his critics" essay by Charles Chaplin; "What is known as really speaking" essay by Jean Narboni
Accompanying material
1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (125 min.)
Isbn
9781604654233
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515080712
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC2011D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn722474610
  • (OCoLC)722474610
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The great dictator, Charles Chaplin Film Corporation ; written & directed by Charles Chaplin
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940
  • DVD release date: May. 24, 2011
  • Special features: Disc 1. Commentary with author Dan Kamin and historian Hooman Mehran. Disc 2. "The tramp and the dictator" Kevin Brownlow and Michael Kloft's documentary paralleling the lives of Chaplin and Hitler; "Chaplin's Napoleon" visual essay by Cecilia Cenciarelli; "The clown turns prophet" visual essay by Jeffrey Vance; "Sydney Chaplin's footage" making of featurette by Sydney Chaplin; "King, Queen, Joker" short film directed and played by Sydney Chaplin; "Charlie the barber" deleted scene. Booklet: "The joker and the madman" essay by Michael Wood; "Mr. Chaplin answers his critics" essay by Charles Chaplin; "What is known as really speaking" essay by Jean Narboni
Accompanying material
1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special ed.
Extent
2 videodiscs (125 min.)
Isbn
9781604654233
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515080712
Other physical details
sd., b&w
Publisher number
CC2011D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn722474610
  • (OCoLC)722474610
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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