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Destry rides again
Uniform Title
Destry rides again (Motion picture : 1939)
Title
Destry rides again / a Universal picture ; Universal presents ; screen play, Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell, Henry Myers ; a Joe Pasternak production ; directed by George Marshall.
ISBN
9781681436951
1681436957
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Medium
4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title and credits from screen.
Full screen (1.35:1).
Based on the novel by Max Brand.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation; new interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith; New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: a biography; illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell; an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehma.
Director of photography, Hal Mohr ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; gowns, Vera West ; musical director, Charles Previn ; musical score, Frank Skinner ; songs, lyrics by Frank Loesser, music by Frederick Hollander.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
"Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image andf launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers--delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich--come together to create an irresistable, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship"--Container.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 08, 2021
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1024
Credits
Director of photography, Hal Mohr ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; gowns, Vera West ; musical director, Charles Previn ; musical score, Frank Skinner ; songs, lyrics by Frank Loesser, music by Frederick Hollander.
Cast
Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, Billy Gilbert, Samuel S. Hinds, Jack Carson, Tom Fadden, Virginia Brissac.
System details note
Blu-ray; monaural; region A; full screen (1.35:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC3137BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Western films.
Western films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Universal Pictures Company, presenter, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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