Research Catalog

Title

The chocolate soldier [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Victor Saville ; screenplay by Leonard Lee and Keith Winter ; directed by Roy Del Ruth.

Publication

[Culver City, Calif.] : MGM/UA Home Video, 1989, c1941.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967
• Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013
• Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953.
• Bates, Florence, 1888-1954.
• Del Ruth, Roy, 1893-1961
• Saville, Victor, 1895-1979
• Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952.
• Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954.
• Stange, Stanislaus, 1862-1917.
• Bernauer, Rudolf, 1880-1953.
• Jacobson, Leopold, 1878-
• Lee, Leonard, 1903-1964.
• Winter, Keith.
• Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941.
• Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983.
• Stothart, Herbert, 1885-1949.
• Freund, Karl, 1890-
• Newcom, James E.
• Matray, Ernst
• Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Description

1 videocassette (102 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Musical comedy combining an onstage production of Oscar Straus' The chocolate soldier with a backstage story based on Molnar's The guardsman.

Subjects

• Musical films
• Operas > Film adaptations

Note

• Originally released as a motion picture by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941.
• Based on Ferenc Molnar's The guardsman; with music and lyrics from Oscar Straus' The chocolate soldier ; original lyrics by Rudolf Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson.

Credits (note)

• English lyrics by Stanislaus Stange ; additional music and lyrics, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper ; musical adaptation and direction, Herbert Stothart and Kaper ; director of photography, Karl Freund ; film editor, James E. Newcom ; art direction, Cedric Gibbons ; dances created and staged by Ernst Matray.

Performer (note)

• Nelson Eddy (Karl Lang), Risë Stevens (Maria Lanyi), Nigel Bruce (Bernard Fischer), Florence Bates (Madame Helene), and others.

System Details (note)

• VHS, Hi-fi.

Call Number

*LVH 795 (F)

OCLC

• 19753684
• NYPG95-F192

Title

The chocolate soldier [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Victor Saville ; screenplay by Leonard Lee and Keith Winter ; directed by Roy Del Ruth.

Imprint

[Culver City, Calif.] : MGM/UA Home Video, 1989, c1941.

Cast

Nelson Eddy (Karl Lang), Risë Stevens (Maria Lanyi), Nigel Bruce (Bernard Fischer), Florence Bates (Madame Helene), and others.

Credits

English lyrics by Stanislaus Stange ; additional music and lyrics, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper ; musical adaptation and direction, Herbert Stothart and Kaper ; director of photography, Karl Freund ; film editor, James E. Newcom ; art direction, Cedric Gibbons ; dances created and staged by Ernst Matray.

System Details

VHS, Hi-fi.

Added Author

Eddy, Nelson, 1901-1967, performer.

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013, performer.

Bruce, Nigel, 1895-1953. Performer

Bates, Florence, 1888-1954. Performer

Del Ruth, Roy, 1893-1961, film director.

Saville, Victor, 1895-1979, film producer.

Molnár, Ferenc, 1878-1952. Testör.

Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954. Tapfere Soldat. Selections.

Stange, Stanislaus, 1862-1917. Librettist

Bernauer, Rudolf, 1880-1953. Librettist

Jacobson, Leopold, 1878- Librettist

Lee, Leonard, 1903-1964.

Winter, Keith.

Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941. Composer

Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983. Composer

Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983. Arranger

Stothart, Herbert, 1885-1949. Arranger

Freund, Karl, 1890- Production personnel

Newcom, James E. Editor

Matray, Ernst, choreographer.

Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960. Set designer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Publisher No.

MGM/UA Home Video M301566

Research Call Number

*LVH 795 (F) Container on file.