| Edition |
[Standard format], Two-DVD special ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 592 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 592.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital mono.; region 1, NTSC. |
| Language |
Optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewll, Jane Darwell. |
| Credits |
Photography, Victor Milner. |
| Note |
Based on the play by Noël Coward. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933. |
| Summary |
"A trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult 'gentleman's' agreement, in this continental pre-Code comedy freely adapted by Ben Hecht (Notorious) from a play. A risque relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist unable, or unwilling, to choose between the equally dashing painter and playwright she meets on a train en route to the City of Light." |
| Note |
Special features: "The clerk," starring Charles Laughton, director Ernst Lubitsch's segment of the 1932 omnibus film "If I had a million" ; selected-scene commentary by film scholar William Paul ; British television production of the play "Design for living" from 1964, introduced on camera by playwright Noël Coward ; new interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and screenwriter Ben Hecht's adaptation of the Coward play ; a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kim Morgan. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Americans -- France -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Romantic comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947. Producer. Director.
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Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964. Screenwriter.
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March, Fredric, 1897-1975. Actor.
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Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961. Actor.
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Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972. Actor.
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Horton, Edward Everett. Actor.
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973.
Design for living.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Paramount Pictures, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Title on container: Noel Coward's Design for living |
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Clerk.
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| ISBN |
9781604655254 |
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1604655259 |
| Standard No. |
715515090018 |
| Music No. |
CC2095D Criterion Collection |
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