Film, Video Web Page Ninotchka

Title

• Ninotchka

Summary

• A romantic comedy in which Ninotchka, a humorless, dedicated Soviet envoy, and Leon, a gigolo, are transformed when they fall in love in Paris.

Names

• Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, film direction, film production
• Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969, screenwriter
• Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002, screenwriter
• Reisch, Walter, screenwriter
• Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960, production designer
• Daniels, William, 1900-1970, camera
• Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990, cast
• Douglas, Melvyn, cast
• Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956, cast
• Rumann, Sig, 1884-1967, cast
• Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• RCA Corporation
• Loew's Incorporated
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)
• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
• Turner Entertainment Co. Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939; United States : RCA Corporation, [1981]

Headings

• -  Courtship--Humor
• -  Paris (France)--Social life and customs--20th century--Humor
• -  Soviet Union--Social conditions--Humor
• -  Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1945--Humor

Genre

• Sophisticated comedy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  LP9158 PAu1-747-416 (colorized) U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Loew's, Inc.; 2Oct39; LP9158.
• -  Copyright notice on disc jacket (CED): RCA Corporation ; 1981.
• -  Copyright notice on disc jacket (optical): MGM/UA Home Video, Inc. and Turner Entertainment Co.
• -  Based on an original story by Melchior Lengyel.
• -  Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Melvyn Douglas (Leon), Ina Claire (Swana), Bela Lugosi (Razinin), Sig Rumann (Iranoff), Felix Bressart (Buljanoff), Alexander Granach (Kopalski).
• -  Art director, Cedric Gibbons ; director of photography, William Daniels.
• -  Videodiscs are reissues. On disc jacket (CED): RCA SelectaVision, RCA 00212; On disc jacket (optical): ML102797.
• -  Non-viewing print (copy 2) was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Non-viewing print (copy 1) partially viewed for credits.
• -  Sources used: New York times, 11/10/1939; Copyright catalog, motion pictures 1912-1939; copyright waiver form & copyright database; Internet move database WWW site, viewed December 19, 2014; videodisc containers.

Medium

• viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
• viewing copy 2 videocassettes of 2 (ca. 110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in.
• viewing copy 2 videoreels of 2 (ca. 110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1 in.
• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (CED) (ca. 110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in.
• master pos 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 110 min., ca. 9,900 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.
• non-viewing print 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 110 min., ca. 9,900 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.
• non-viewing print (copy 2) 12 film reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 110 min., ca. 9,900 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• VAC 9154 (viewing copy)
• VBD 8452-8453 (viewing copy)
• DAA 2922 (viewing copy)
• DAA 0075 (viewing copy)
• VTA 0013-0014 (viewing copy)
• FQA 8256-8261 (master pos)
• FQA 5809-5814 (non-viewing print)
• FQC 3689-3694 (non-viewing print, copy 2)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 87706325

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/87706325

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• Dublin Core Record