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Title:

Lady sings the blues [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Berry Gordy present ; produced by Jay Weston and James S. White ; screenplay by Terence McCloy and Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe ; directed by Sidney J. Furie.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Special collector's ed.

Publisher:

Paramount Home Entertainment

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959.
Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Drama.
Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Drama.
Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Drama.
Singers--United States--Drama.--Drama.
Singers.
Blues (Music)--Drama.
Blues (Music.)
Popular music.
Popular music--United States--Drama.
United States.

Other Authors:

Weston, Jay,.
White, James S.,.
Furie, Sidney J.,.
McCloy, Terence,.
Clark, Christopher, screenwriter.
De Passe, Suzanne, 1947-
Ross, Diana, 1944-
Williams, Billy Dee, 1937-, actor.
Pryor, Richard, 1940-2005,.
Sanford, Isabel, 1917-2004,.
Glass, Ned,.
Crothers, Scat Man., actor.
Alonzo, John A., 1934-2001,.
Legrand, Michel, 1932-
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927).
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm).

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Special features: commentary by executive producer Berry Gordy, director Sidney Furie and artist manager Shelly Berger; behind the blues. For private home use only. Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Isabel Sanford, Ned Glass, Scatman Crothers.

Summary:

Diana Ross stars in this musical drama charting the life of Billie Holiday, a life tormented by racism and drug abuse.

UPC:

032429257369

Locations:

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)