Jones, Paul 1901-1968 Sturges, Preston. McCrea, Joel. Lake, Veronica. Warwick, Robert 1878-1965 Hayes, Margaret 1923-1977 Hall, Porter 1888-1953 Pangborn, Franklyn 1889-1958 Blore, Eric 1887-1959 Greig, Robert 1879-1958 Shuken, Leo 1906- Paramount Pictures, inc Janus Films Criterion Collection (Firm) moving image videorecording Feature films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Comedy films. Feature films. cau Irvington, N.Y.] Criterion Collection c2001 2001 monographic eng

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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter. Not rated by MPAA. a Paramount Picture ; associate producer, Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. "Janus Films." Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer. Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal. DVD. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw. n-us--- Motion picture producers and directors United States Drama Tramps United States Drama United States Social conditions 1933-1945 Drama Man-woman relationships Drama CM DVD 00892 791.43/72 1559409193 9781559409193 CC1572D Criterion Collection 715515012126 CIA 010822 20230410123843.0 39463