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Title Madame de-- / Janus Films ; Gaumont présente une co-production Franco-Italianne ; produit par Franco London Film, Indusfilm, Rizzoli Film ; un film de Max Ophuls ; adaptation cinématographique de Marcel Achard, Max Ophuls et Annette Wademant ; dialogue de Marcel Achard ; images de Christian Matras ; directeurs de production, H. et R. Baum.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [1953]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD FOREIGN EARRINGS OF MADAME JE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD EARRINGS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD EARRINGS OF MADAME DE    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Foreign Language  DVD EARRINGS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD EARRINGS OF MADAME DE    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Series Criterion collection ; 445
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 445.
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Cast Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio de Sica, Jean Debucourt, Jean Galland, Mireille Perrey, Paul Azaïs, Josselin, Hubert Noël, Lia di Leo.
Credits Music, Oscar Straus, Georges van Parys ; production design, A. J. D'Eaubonne ; costumes, Georges Annenkov, Rosine Delamare ; sound, Antoine Petitjean ; editor, Borys Lewin.
Note Based on a novel by Louise de Vilmorin.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Audience Not rated.
Summary The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
Note Special features: Introduction by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson; Optional audio commentary with film scholars Susan White and Gaylyn Studlar; Interviews with Ophuls's collaborators Alain Jessua, Marc Frederix and Annette Wademant; Visual analysis by film scholar Tag Gallagher; Interview with novelist Louise de Vilmorin; essay by Molly Haskell; excerpt from costume designer Georges Annenkov's book; the novel, "Madame de".
Contents Book chapters: Cast and credits -- The cost of living / Molly Haskell -- Dressing Madame de-- / George Annenkov -- Madame de-- / Louise de Vilmorin ; translated from the French by Duff Cooper -- About the transfer.
Language In French with optional English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Rich people -- Drama.
Adultery -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Added Author Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957. Screenwriter. Director.
Achard, Marcel, 1899-1974. Screenwriter.
Wademant, Annette, 1928-2017. Screenwriter.
Matras, Christian, 1903-1977.
Baum, Henri.
Baum, Ralph.
Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978. Actor.
Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017. Actor.
De Sica, Vittorio, 1901-1974. Actor.
Debucourt, Jean, 1894-1958.
Galland, Jean, 1887-1967.
Perrey, Mireille.
Azaïs, Paul, 1903-1974.
Noël, Hubert, 1924-1987.
Di Leo, Lia.
Straus, Oscar, 1870-1954.
Parys, Georges van.
Vilmorin, Louise de, 1902-1969. Madame de--
Janus Films.
Gaumont (Firm)
Franco London Film.
Indusfilms.
Rizzoli Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Note Title on disc label: Earrings of Madame de--
ISBN 9781604650617
1604650613
Standard No. 715515031622
Music No. CC1767D The Criterion Collection
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