| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file Blu-Ray region A rda |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 736 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 736.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, Region A, (1.33:1) aspect ratio, mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson. |
| Credits |
Photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, Louis Silvers ; composer, Howard Jackson ; art director, Stephen Goosson ; costume design, Robert Kalloch. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. |
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Based on the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams. |
| Summary |
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era. |
| Note |
Special features: Screwball comedy?, a new conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate; interview with Frank Capra Jr. from 1999; Frank Capra's American dream (a 1997 feature length documentary, directed by Ken Bowser and hosted by filmmaker, producer, and actor Ron Howard, traces the life and career of director Frank Capra; features interviews with colleagues of Capra's, film historians, and contemporary actors and directors who were influenced by Capra's work); new digital transfer of Capra's first film, the 1921 silent short "Fultah Fisher's boarding house", with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin; American Film Institute tribute to Capra (1982 televised version of the American Film Institute ceremony that presented a lifetime achievement award to director Frank Capra); trailer; essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme. |
| Subject |
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958 -- Film adaptations.
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Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
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Socialites -- Drama.
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Heiresses -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, film producer, film director.
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Riskin, Robert, screenwriter.
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Colbert, Claudette, actor.
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Gable, Clark, 1901-1960, actor.
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Connolly, Walter, 1887-1940, actor.
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Karns, Roscoe, 1893-1970, actor.
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Thomas, Jameson, 1888-1939, actor.
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Hale, Alan, 1892-1950, actor.
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Hoyt, Arthur, 1874-1953, actor.
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Friderici, Blanche, 1878-1933, actor.
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Wilson, Charles C. (Charles Cahill), 1894-1948, actor.
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Walker, Joseph B., director of photography.
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Havlick, Gene, 1894-1959, editor of moving image work.
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Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, musical director.
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Jackson, Howard, 1900-1966, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.
Night bus.
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Goossón, Stephen, 1889-1973, art director.
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Kalloch, 1893-1947 costume designer.
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Capra, Frank, Jr., 1934-2007, interviewee (expression)
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Haskell, Molly, interviewee (expression)
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Lopate, Phillip, 1943- interviewee (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
Ballad of Fisher's boarding house.
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Owens, Mildred, actor.
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Sosin, Donald, composer (expression), performer.
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Bowser, Kenneth, film director.
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Howard, Ron, 1954- host.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Fultah Fisher's boarding house.
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Frank Capra's American dream.
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American Film Institute salute to Frank Capra.
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| ISBN |
9781604658873 |
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1604658878 |
| Standard No. |
715515119610 |
| Music No. |
CC2416BD The Criterion Collection |
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