| Description |
2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 736 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 736.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; monaural; aspect ratio 1.33:1. |
| 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: Disc 1: New 4K digital restoration; Frank Capra Jr. remembers... (1999 interview, Frank Capra Jr. discusses his father and the origins of the film); Screwball comedy? (new conversation between Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate, discuss the film and its relationship to the screwball comedy genre); Fultah Fisher's boarding house (1921 short based on the Rudyard Kipling poem "The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House" was the first film directed by Frank Capra; starring Mildred Owens; new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin); Trailer. Disc 2: 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); "American Film Institute salute to Frank Capra" (1982 televised version of the American Film Institute ceremony that presented a lifetime achievement award to director Frank Capra). |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958 -- Film adaptations.
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Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958. (OCoLC)fst00012777
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
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Heiresses -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Reporters and reporting. (OCoLC)fst01094906
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| Genre/Form |
Road films.
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Romantic comedy films.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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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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Gable, Clark, 1901-1960, actor.
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Colbert, Claudette, 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, film editor.
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Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, musical director.
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Jackson, Howard, 1900-1966, composer (expression)
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Goossón, Stephen, 1889-1973, art director.
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Kalloch, 1893-1947 costume designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958.
Night bus.
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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, presenter, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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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 |
9781604658880 |
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1604658886 |
| Standard No. |
715515122818 |
| Music No. |
CC2417D The Criterion Collection |
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CC2417D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2417D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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