Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 214
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System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual-layer. |
Note |
Closed-captioned. |
Cast |
Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade. |
Credits |
Music, Bernard Herrmann. |
Note |
Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1941; re-released in 1952 in shortened version as Daniel and the Devil. |
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. |
Note |
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. |
Subject |
Devil -- Drama.
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Lawyers -- New England -- Drama.
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Farmers -- New England -- Drama.
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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 -- Drama.
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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943. Devil and Daniel Webster.
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Devil and Daniel Webster (Motion picture : 1941)
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943.
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Dieterle, William, 1893-1972.
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Totheroh, Dan.
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Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950.
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Craig, James, 1912-1985.
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Shirley, Anne, 1918-
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Simon, Simone.
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Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967.
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Qualen, John, 1899-
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Corey, Jeff, 1914-2002.
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Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957.
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Wade, Lindy.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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RKO Radio Pictures, inc.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Note |
Originally released under title: ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY |
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Container title: WILLIAM DIETERLE'S THE DEVIL & DANIEL WEBSTER |
Added Title |
Daniel and the Devil.
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ISBN |
0780027000 : $39.99 |
Standard No. |
037429149324 |
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037429181423 |
Music # |
DEV040 Criterion Collection |
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