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The Resource You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall, (videorecording)

You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall, (videorecording)

Label
You can't cheat an honest man
Title
You can't cheat an honest man
Statement of responsibility
Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall
Title variation
You cannot cheat an honest man
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
W.C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy bring their legendary radio feud to the screen in the classic comedy You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, co-starring Edgar Bergen. The seedy owner of a flea-bitten circus, Larson E. Whipsnade (Fields) will stop at nothing to arrange a marriage between his daughter Victoria (Constance Moore) and boring millionaire Richard Bel-Goodie (James Bush). So when Victoria declares she is in love with The Great Edgar (Bergen), Whipsnade cuts the penniless ventriloquist adrift in a hot-air balloon accompanied by his dummy (McCarthy). Arriving for a reception at the Bel-Goode mansion where he plays ping-pong and abuses his hosts, Whipsnade shows he is just getting started in this side-splitting farce, packed with insults, zingers and jokes!
Member of
Cataloging source
FMG
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
English dialogue
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.Y68 2017
PerformerNote
W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Rochester, Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore, James Bush
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1891-1975
  • 1899-1968
  • 1900-1967
  • 1880-1946
  • 1903-1978
  • 1905-1977
  • 1920-2005
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Marshall, George
  • Marion, George
  • Freeman, Everett
  • Mack, Richard
  • Cowan, Lester
  • Fields, W. C.
  • Bergen, Edgar
  • Anderson, Eddie
  • Moore, Constance
  • Bush, James
  • Universal Pictures Company
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
80
Series statement
Universal vault series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Circus
  • Circus performers
  • Fugitives from justice
  • McCarthy, Charlie (Fictitious character)
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Produced on recordable (DVD-R or DVD+R) media
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1939
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1046680690
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 20 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
191329030486
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Recording technique
burning.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o1046680690
  • (OCoLC)1046680690
System details
DVD-R, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Produced on recordable (DVD-R or DVD+R) media
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1939
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1046680690
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (1 hr., 20 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
191329030486
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Recording technique
burning.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o1046680690
  • (OCoLC)1046680690
System details
DVD-R, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:); Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
Video recording format
DVD

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