Calamity Jane (Original title)
Date: 1953 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: David Butler
Production company billing: ©1953 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc Warner Bros Pictures presents a Warner Bros.-First National picture
Synopsis: Calamity Jane rides shotgun on a stagecoach and dresses like a man. She finds the Deadwood saloon has accidentally booked a male impersonator instead of a female one, and goes to Chicago to rectify the matter. She confuses the female entertainer's maid for the star herself, and the maid has to perform. Both Jane and the maid, Katy, have eyes for a young lieutenant, but trouble is avoided when Wild Bill Hickok persuades Jane that he loves her.
Genres: Musical, Western
Subject: Cross-dressers
Releases
Date: 1953not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9000 FeetLanguage: English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-942703
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(8)
Description: Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-700927
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 3642 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-26911
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3642 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-26910
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7360 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-26908
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 181 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-26909
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-942703
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9098 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-572078
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 266 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-725084
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1953 (Copyright)Country: USADirected by: David Butler
Production company billing: ©1953 Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc Warner Bros Pictures presents a Warner Bros.-First National picture
Synopsis: Calamity Jane rides shotgun on a stagecoach and dresses like a man. She finds the Deadwood saloon has accidentally booked a male impersonator instead of a female one, and goes to Chicago to rectify the matter. She confuses the female entertainer's maid for the star herself, and the maid has to perform. Both Jane and the maid, Katy, have eyes for a young lieutenant, but trouble is avoided when Wild Bill Hickok persuades Jane that he loves her.
Genres: Musical, Western
Subject: Cross-dressers
Releases
Date: 1953not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9000 FeetLanguage: English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-942703
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Film materials(8)
Description: Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-700927
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 3642 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-26911
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3642 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-26910
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7360 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-26908
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 181 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-26909
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-942703
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9098 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-572078
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 266 FeetStock date: 1955BFI identifier: C-725084
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status