| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 291 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 291.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Based on the play Birthday by Lazlo Bus-Fekete. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1943. |
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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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Edward J. Cronjager ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Alfred Newman. |
| Cast |
Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar, Marjorie Main, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971 -- Television adaptations.
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Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971 -- Film adaptations.
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Devil -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Hell -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Heaven -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Romantic comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, producer, director.
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Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983, screenwriter.
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Ameche, Don, actor.
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Tierney, Gene, actor.
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Coburn, Charles, actor.
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Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971.
Birthday.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Heaven can wait (Motion picture : 1943)
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| ISBN |
1559409614 |
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9781559409612 |
| Standard No. |
715515016322 |
| Music No. |
CC1613D Criterion |
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291 The Criterion Collection |
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