Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles: | Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983
Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971. Birthday.
Ameche, Don.
Tierney, Gene.
Coburn, Charles.
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Other authors / contributors: | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN: | 1559409614
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Notes: | Based on the play Birthday by Lazlo Bus-Fekete. Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. Special features: New video conversation between film critics Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris; Creativity with Bill Moyers: A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson (1982), a 30-minute program exploring the screenwriter s life and career; audio seminar with Raphaelson and film critic Richard Corliss recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in 1977; Lubitsch home piano recordings; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar William Paul. Director of photography, Edward J. Cronjager ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Alfred Newman. Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar. DVD video; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. Subtitled for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: | Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve arrives at the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts he will qualify, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime wooing and pursuing women.
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Standard no.: | 715515016322
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Publisher's no.: | CC1613D 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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