The Devil and Daniel Webster
an RKO Radio picture; [producer/director, William Dieterle; screenplay, Dan Totheroh, Stephen Vincent Benét]
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1941
- Publication:
- [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2003]
- Copyright:
- ©2003
- Related Series:
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- Summary:
- Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned.
In English. - Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Devil and Daniel Webster [by Herrmann, B.]
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- Alternate Titles:
- Originally released under title: All that money can buy
Container title: William Dieterle's The Devil & Daniel Webster - Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual-layer.
- Performers:
- Cast: Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade.
- Production Credits:
- Directed and produced by William Dieterle; Music, Bernard Herrmann; director of photography, Joseph August.
- General Notes:
- Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941; re-released in 1952 in shortened version as Daniel and the Devil.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Bernard Herrmann biographer Stephen C. Smith; a reading of Benét's original short story by actor/director Alec Baldwin; comparison with an earlier preview version titled "Here is a man"; the Columbia Workshop's radio dramatization of the "Devil and Daniel Webster" and "The sea serpent"; the music of the film in an interactive essay by Christopher Husted; behind-the-scenes photos; essays by Tom Piazza and Benét.
Academy Awards, 1942: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Bernard Herrmann). - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- DEV 1941 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780027000
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429149324
Universal Product Code: 037429181423
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: DEV040 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1053055039
53120479 [Invalid]
