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Of dolls & murder

Of dolls & murder

DVD 2012

Before forensics, DNA, and CSI we had dollhouses, an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. Created in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee created the Nutshells to help homicide detectives hone their investigative skills. These surreal dollhouses reveal a dystopic and disturbing slice of domestic life with doll corpses representing actual murder...

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Lee, Frances Glessner, 1878-1962
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Edition:
Extended ed
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: NR
Other Title:
Of dolls and murder [DVD]
Notes:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011
Extra features include John Waters on the nutshells, John Waters on Frances Glessner Lee, patron saint of forensic medicine, the missing nutshells, filmmakers' commentary
Cinematography, Matt Ehling ; original music, John Kurtis Dehn ; narrator, John Waters
John Waters, narrator
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital
For private home use only
Control Number:
1890198
UPC:
760137534495
Other Authors:
Dehn, John K
MVD Visual (Firm)
Marks, Susan
Waters, John
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