Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 170 |
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Criterion collection ; 170
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Summary |
When thief Gaston Monescu meets his true love in pickpocket Lily, they embark on a scam to rob lovely perfume company executive Mariette Colet. But when Gaston becomes romantically entangled with Mme. Colet, their larcenous ruse is jeopardized and Gaston is forced to choose between two beautiful women. DVD |
Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932 |
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Based on the play The honest finder by Laszlo Aladar |
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Special features: Audio commentary by Lubitsch biographer Scott Eyman; new video introduction by Peter Bogdanovich; Lubitsch's 1917 short film "Das fidele Gefeànges"; 1940 Screen Guild Theater radio program featuring Ernst Lubitsch, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone; tributes to Lubitsch written by Billy Wilder, Leonard Maltin, Cameron Crowe, Roger Ebert and others |
Credits |
Cinematography, Victor Milner ; music, W. Franke Harling |
Cast |
Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charlie Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig |
Notes |
MPAA rating: Not rated |
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Originally produced as a motion picture 1932 |
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DVD |
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Optional English subtitles ; close captioned |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Ruggles, Charlie, 1886-1970.
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Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966.
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Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983.
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Horton, Edward Everett.
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Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972.
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Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947.
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Harling, W. Franke (William Franke), 1887-1958.
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Francis, Kay, 1905-1968.
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Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.
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Jones, Grover, 1893-1940.
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Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.
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Aladar, Laszlo.
Honest finder
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Paramount Publix Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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ISBN |
1559409290 |
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