Record Number |
808216 |
Title |
Guess who's coming to dinner [videorecording]. |
Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Shock Entertainment, [2019]. |
Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (approximately 108 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Series |
Hollywood gold series |
Contents note |
Originally released as a motion-picture in 1967. |
Directed and produced by Stanley Kramer ; written by William Rose. |
Performer note |
Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. |
Summary Note |
When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons' dinner are Prentice's parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr and Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship. |
Target audience note |
PG. |
Language note |
In English. |
Subject |
Race discrimination -- Drama |
Racism -- Drama |
Prejudices -- Drama |
Parent and adult child -- Drama |
Interracial marriage -- Drama |
Feature films |
Texas -- Drama |
Added Author |
Kramer, Stanley director, producer. |
Rose, William screenwriter. |
Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967 actor. |
Poitier, Sidney actor. |
Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003 actor. |
Corporate Author |
Columbia Pictures Industries production company |
Shock Entertainment Group distributor |
Shelf Location |
DVD F GUES |