Summary
Their friendship is a perfect musical-comedy blend, as Ball goes from NYC torch singer to the dream girl of Red Skelton's wacky, 18th century France reverie.
A nightclub guy slips himself a Mickey and dreams he's Louis XV, with a singer as Madame du Barry.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Hamilton, Nancy,
-- 1908-1985
-- Film and video adaptations.
Nightclubs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Employees -- Drama. Women singers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Male dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Hallucinations and illusions -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- France -- 18th century -- Drama. Feature films. Musical films. Romantic comedy films. New York (N.Y.) -- Drama. France -- Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Distributed by Warner Home Video,2007 |
| Other Titles | Duberry was a lady. DuBarry was a lady |
| Contributors |
Freed, Arthur,
1894-1973. Brecher, Irving, 1914-2008. Hamilton, Nancy, 1908-1985. Duberry was a lady. Mahoney, Wilkie C. Del Ruth, Roy, 1893-1961. Skelton, Red, 1913-1997. Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989. Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996. O'Brien, Virginia, 1921-2001. Ragland, Rags, 1905-1946. Mostel, Zero, 1915-1977. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Warner Home Video (Firm) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. |
| Participants/Performers |
Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, "Rags" Ragland, Zero Mostel, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French English dialogue with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. Special features: Oscar-nominated Pete Smith specialty short "Seeing hands;" classic cartoon "Bah wilderness;" theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 1419848054 9781419848056 |
| Other | Classic View |