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The petrified forest Cover Image DVD DVD

The petrified forest [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; directed by Archie L. Mayo ; screenplay by Charles Kenyon and Delmer Daves.

Summary:

A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young waitress Gabby Maple, and a handful of others hostage.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790747227
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Culver City, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; c2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition.
DVD release of the 1936 motion picture.
Based on the 1935 play by Robert Emmet Sherwood.
Dual-layer format.
Special features: commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax; Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the Movies 1936 wtih Newsreel; "Bullets or Ballots" theatrical trailer; musical short "Rhythmitis", cartoon "The Coo Coo Nut Grove"; new featurette: The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert; 1/7/1940 Gulf screen theater broadcast starring Bogart, Tyrone Power and Joan Bennett; includes original theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Sol Polito ; film editor, Owen Marks.
Participant or Performer Note:
Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart, Joseph Sawyer, Eddie Acuff.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1.
Language Note:
English (mono) dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned.
Subject: Fugitives from justice > Drama.
Hostages > Drama.
Genre: DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker Halfway Branch DRAMA PET DVD (Text) 37814003125169 VIDEO Available -


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