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Summary:

A Hollywood director wants to abandon comedies and make serious films. In order to feed his creative flame, he travels onto the street disguised as a hobo in order to endure real hardship.

Contributors:

Sturges, Preston , film director, screenwriter

Jones, Paul, 1901-1968 , producer

Lake, Veronica , actor

McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 , actor

Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964 , actor

Hayes, Margaret, 1916-1977 , actor

Hall, Porter, 1888-1953 , actor

Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958 , actor

Blore, Eric, 1887-1959 , actor

Greig, Robert, 1879-1958 , actor

Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976 , composer

Bradshaw, Charles W. , composer

Seitz, John , director of photography

Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971 , editor of moving image work

Head, Edith , costume designer

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher

Paramount Pictures, Inc. , production company

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) , production company

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Dialogue in English.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 118

Subjects:

Motion picture producers and directors — Drama

Motion pictures — Production and direction — Drama

Tramps — United States — Drama

United States — Social conditions — 1933-1945 — Drama

Genres:

Motion pictures

Comedy films

Action and adventure films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; monaural sound.

Performers:

Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw ; costume designer, Edith Head.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features : Audio commentary from 2001 by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: The rise and fall of an American dreamer (1990), a 75-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS's American Masters series ; New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth ; Interview from 2001 with Sandy Sturges, the director's widow ; Interview with Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951 ; Archive audio recordings of Sturges ; Essay by critic Stuart Klawans.
Named to the National Film Registry in 1990 by the Library of Congress.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.37:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

SUL 1941 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604659740
1604659742

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515143714 (container)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2466BD (disc)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC2466BD (container)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022603839

OCLC Numbers:

904452732