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Uniform Title That Hamilton woman (Motion picture)
Title That Hamilton woman / Janus Films ; Granada International ; Alexander Korda Films, Inc. ; original screen play by Walter Reisch and R.C. Sherriff ; photographed by Rudolph Maté ; produced and directed by Alexander Korda.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection : itv Golbal Entertainment, 2009.
1941.

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 Granby, Main Library - Special Collections  CLASSIC DVD THAT    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual  DVD THAT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD  DVD THAT    In Transit +1 HOLD
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD THAT HAMILTON WOMAN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - DVDs  DVD THAT    Check Shelf
Edition Special edition, full screen.
Description 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Series The Criterion collection ; 487
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 487.
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel, Halliwell Hobbes, Gilbert Emery, Miles Mander, Ronald Sinclair, Luis Alberni, Norma Drury, Olaf Hytten, Juliette Compton, Guy Kingsford.
Credits Production designed by Vincent Korda ; special effects by Lawrence Butler ; production manager, Raymond A. Klune ; art director, Lyle Reynolds Wheeler ; costumes designed by Rene Hubert ; interior decoration, Julia Heron ; assistant director, Walter Mayo ; supervising film editor, William Hornbeck ; music by Miklos Rozsa ; sound, William H. Wilmarth.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous, adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer and the renowned beauty, Emma begins.
Note Special features: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer; Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie; "Alexander Korda presents" a 1941 promotional radio piece for the film; "Michael Korda" new video interview with author and editor, Michael Korda, Alexander's nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton woman; Theatrical trailer. Booklet: Essay "That Hamilton woman" by film critic Molly Haskell.
Contents Special features: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer -- Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie -- New video interview with author and editor Michael Korda, Alexander's nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton woman -- Theatrical trailer -- 'Alexander Korda presents,' a 1941 promotional radio piece of for the film. Plus a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Molly Haskell.
Language English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805 -- Drama.
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815 -- Drama.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Drama.
Mistresses -- Drama.
Adultery -- Drama.
Genre/Form War films.
Romance films.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Reisch, Walter. Screenwriter.
Sherriff, R. C. (Robert Cedric), 1896-1975. Screenwriter.
Maté, Rudolph, 1899-1964. Cinematographer.
Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956. Producer. Director.
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967. Actor.
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989. Actor.
Mowbray, Alan, 1896-1969. Actor.
Allgood, Sara, 1883-1950. Actor.
Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971. Actor.
Wilcoxon, Henry, 1905-1984. Actor.
Angel, Heather, 1909-1986. Actor.
Hobbes, Halliwell, 1877-1962. Actor.
Emery, Gilbert, 1875-1945. Actor.
Mander, Miles, 1888-1946. Actor.
Sinclair, Ronald, 1924-1992. Actor.
Alberni, Luis, 1886-1962. Actor.
Drury, Norma, 1905-1978. Actor.
Hytten, Olaf, 1888-1955. Actor.
Compton, Juliette, 1899-1989. Actor.
Kingsford, Guy, 1911-1986. Actor.
Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995. Composer.
Janus Films.
Granada (Firm)
Alexander Korda Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ITV (Firm)
ISBN 9781604651850
1604651857
Standard No. 715515048811
Music No. CC1836D Criterion Collection
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