History is made at night / Walter Wanger presents ; directed by Frank Borzage ; screen play, Gene Towne, Graham Baker ; produced by Walter Wanger ; released through United Artists.

Blu-ray special edition.

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]

©2021

1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 72 x 17 cm, folded to 17 x 12).

"Suffused with intoxicating romanticism, History Is Made at Night is a sublime paean to love from Frank Borsage, classic Hollywood's supreme poet of carnal and spiritual desire. On the run through Europe from her wealthy, cruelly possessive husband, an unhappy socialite (Jean Arthur) is thrown together by fate with a suave stranger (Charles Boyer)--and soon the two are bound in a consuming, seemingly impossible affair that stretches across continents and brings them to the very edge of catastrophe. Lent a palpable erotic charge by the chemistry between its leads, this delirious vision of lovers beset by the world passes through a dizzying array of tonal shifts--from melodrama to romantic comedy to noir to disaster thriller--smoothly guided by Borsage's unwavering allegiance to the power of love""--Container.

Images / Video & Film

English

April 29, 2021

Additional dialogue, Vincent Lawrence, David Hertz; drector of photography, David Abel ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; film editor, Margaret Clancy.

Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive.

Blu-ray, region A; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; monaural.

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