| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 118 |
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Criterion collection ; 118
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| Summary |
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery--that what the downtrodden need most is laughter |
| Notes |
Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer |
| Credits |
Writer and director, Preston Sturges ; producer, Paul Jones ; director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw |
| Cast |
Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture : United States : Paramount Pictures, 1941 |
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DVD ; regionless; monaural |
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English subtitles for the hearing impaired |
| Subject |
Sturges, Preston.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Drama.
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Tramps -- United States -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Sturges, Preston.
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McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990.
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Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.
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Lake, Veronica.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1559409193 |
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