Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Gypsy [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Mervyn Leroy production ; screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Summary:

Mama Rose lives to see her younger daughter, June, succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. But, June runs away and gets married. Rose then turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind. Louise changes her name to Gypsy Rose Lee. She has a volatile relationship with her overly ambitious mother.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0780662199
  • ISBN: 0790740095
  • ISBN: 9780780662193
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (143 minutes) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Also issued as part of the box set: Natalie Wood collection.
Based upon the stage play directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, produced by David Merrick and Leland Hayward and the book by Arthur Laurents from the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features: "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe" Oscar nominated cartoon; "Together wherever we go" musical outtake; "You'll never get away from me" musical outtake (duet version); Theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Harry Stradling, Sr. ; art director, John Beckman ; film editor, Philip W. Anderson ; set decorator, Ralph S. Hurst ; sound by M.A. Merrick, Dolph Thomas ; orchestrations, Frank Perkins, Carl Brandt ; choreography by Robert Tucker ; costumes designed by Orry-Kelly ; music by Jule Styne ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; music supervised and conducted by Frank Perkins.
Participant or Performer Note:
Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer, Harry Shannon, Suzanne Cupito, Ann Jillian, Diane Pace, Faith Dane, Roxanne Arlen, Jean Willes, George Petrie, Ben Lessy, Guy Raymond, Louis Quinn.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital surround stereo ; dual-layer.
Language Note:
In English with optional English SDH or French subtitles.
Subject:
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970 > Drama.
Ambition > Drama.
Mothers and daughters > United States > Drama.
Stripteasers > United States > Drama.
Vaudeville > United States > Drama.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library DVD CLA GYP (Text) 36015000838900 Adult Video Available -
Bordeaux Library DVD G (Text) 31781064407909 Adult Video Available -
Eden Library vid rotation red - 6513 (Text) 31554006920226 Storage Available -
High Point Library DVD MUSICAL GYP (Text) 30519007904181 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library DVD GYPSY #6746 (Text) 33262003272866 Adult Video Available -
Lenoir Library DVD F Gypsy (Text) 50669012196094 Adult Video Available -
Lewisville Branch DVD DRAMA RATING NR (Text) 0112523625813 Adult Video Fiction Available -
Madison-Mayodan Public Library vid rotation blue - 0512 (Text) 31554010090867 Adult Video Available -
Madison-Mayodan Public Library vid rotation green - 4549 (Text) 31554009819425 Storage Available -
Montgomery County Public Library DVD # 10074 (Text) 38198000437275 Adult Video Available -

Accessibility Features

Summary: Mama Rose lives to see her younger daughter, June, succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. But, June runs away and gets married. Rose then turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind. Louise changes her name to Gypsy Rose Lee. She has a volatile relationship with her overly ambitious mother.