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Paul Robeson : outsider.

Author: Paul RobesonMercedes GilbertJulia Theresa RussellLawrence ChenaultMarshall RodgersAll authors
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2007.
Series: Paul Robeson, portraits of the artist.; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 371.; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 369.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Body and soul: Tells the story of a minister gone corrupt. He associates with the owner of a house of gambling, forces a girl to steal, and later kills the girl's brother. Yet, when all is said and done, it's only a dream. Borderline: Set in a Swiss mountain resort town, tells the story of Adah, a black woman who has an affair with Thorne, a white man, then attempts to reconcile with her husband Pete, and eventually  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Silent films
Feature films
Fiction films
Motion pictures
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Robeson; Mercedes Gilbert; Julia Theresa Russell; Lawrence Chenault; Marshall Rodgers; Walter Cornick; Chester A Alexander; Lillian Johnson; Madame Robinson; Eslanda Goode Robeson; H. D.; Chester Alan Arthur; Charlotte Arthur; Blanche Lewin; Oscar Micheaux; Kenneth Macpherson; Wycliffe Gordon; Courtney Pine; Pool Films.; Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN: 1934121215 9781934121214 1934121193 9781934121191
OCLC Number: 85854822
Language Note: Silent films with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Notes: Title from disc label.
DVD release of the 1925 (Body and soul) and 1930 (Borderline) motion pictures.
Issued as part of a 4-disc set entitled Paul Robeson : portraits of the artist.
Special features: Audio commentary for Body and soul by historian Pearl Bowser; About the score: Wycliffe Gordon (Body and soul) and Courtney Pine (Borderline).
Cast: Body and soul: Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Julie Theresa Russell, Lawrence Chenault, Marshall Rodgers, Walter Cornick, Chester A. Alexander, Lillian Johnson, Madame Robinson.
Borderline: Paul Robeson, Eslanda Robeson, Helga Doorn, Gavin Arthur, Charlotte Arthur, Blanche Lewin.
Description: 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD; region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital stereo.
Contents: Body and soul / directed, written, and produced by Oscar Micheaux (1925, 79 min.) --
Borderline / a Pool film ; written and directed by Kenneth Macpherson (1930, 75 min.).
Series Title: Paul Robeson, portraits of the artist.; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 371.; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 369.
Other Titles: Body and soul (Motion picture : 1925)
Outsider
Borderline (Motion picture)

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Body and soul: Tells the story of a minister gone corrupt. He associates with the owner of a house of gambling, forces a girl to steal, and later kills the girl's brother. Yet, when all is said and done, it's only a dream. Borderline: Set in a Swiss mountain resort town, tells the story of Adah, a black woman who has an affair with Thorne, a white man, then attempts to reconcile with her husband Pete, and eventually leaves town. Thorne's wife Astrid goes mad and cuts Thorne's face and arm with a knife, then mysteriously dies. After Thorne is tried and acquitted, the mayor sends Pete a letter asking him to leave town for the good of all concerned.

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