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Romance in Louisiana

Basic Information

Inventory ID 595820
Production Type FEATURE FILM
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
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Format & Technical

Format Size 16
Format Type SAFETY
Element Info PRINT
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Color Format B&W
Sound Format SD.^OPT^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

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Deterioration 0

Notes

pallet 44- 20902 - Vitaphone Corp. Presents^^Written and Directed by Crane Wilbur^^Starring Addison Richards, Erville Alderson, Suzanne Kaaren, Ien Wulf, Alphonse Ethier, Theodore Osborne^^From IMDB^^Plot Summary for^The Romance of Louisiana (1937)^^"This 1937 Vitaphone short was reissued in 1953 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803, American President Thomas Jefferson appointed James Monroe to negotiate with Napoleon to acquire the Louisiana territory from France. England's King George urges the United State's to take the territory by force as France is selling the territory only to get more money to fight against England. Napoleon learns of this and promptly sells the territory for $15,000,000 in an early example of a distress sale."^^Ending is .

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
SV0001332931 S217-05B-14