| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 214 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 214.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual-layer. |
| Language |
Includes English captions for the hearing impaired. |
| 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 ; director of photography, Joseph August ; editor, Robert Wise. |
| Note |
Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1941 under title All that money can buy; re-released later that year as The Devil and Daniel Webster; re-issued in 1952 in a shortened version as Daniel and the Devil. |
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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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 -- Television adaptations.
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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 -- Film adaptations.
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Devil -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Farmers -- New England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Deals -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Dieterle, William, 1893-1972, producer, director.
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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943, screenwriter.
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Totheroh, Dan, screenwriter.
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Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956, actor.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, actor.
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Craig, James, 1912-1985, actor.
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Shirley, Anne, 1918-1993, actor.
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Simon, Simone, actor.
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Darwell, Jane, 1880-1967, actor.
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Qualen, John, 1899-1987, actor.
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Corey, Jeff, 1914-2002, actor.
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Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957, actor.
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Wade, Lindy, actor.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer.
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Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943.
Devil and Daniel Webster.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Container title: William Dieterle's The Devil & Daniel Webster |
| Added Title |
All that money can buy.
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Daniel and the Devil.
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| ISBN |
0780027000 |
| Standard No. |
037429181423 |
| Music No. |
DEV040 Criterion Collection |
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