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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([8] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
"A conniving father and daughter meet up with the heir to a brewery fortune-- a wealthy but naïve snake enthusiast-- and attempt to bamboozle him at a cruise ship card table. Their plan is quickly abandoned when the daughter falls in love with their prey. But when the heir gets wise to her gold-digging ways, she must plot to re-conquer his heart"--Container.
a Paramount picture ; produced by Paul Jones ; written and directed by Preston Sturges.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941.
Special features: Sparkling new digital transfer -- Audio commentary by noted film scholar Marian Keane -- Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich -- The 1942 broadcast of the Lux Radio Theater adaptation, performed by Barbara Stanwyck and Ray Milland -- Edith Head costume designs -- Scrapbook of original publicity materials and production stills -- Original theatrical trailer.
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Janet Beecher.
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Cinematography, Victor Milner ; editing, Stuart Gilmore ; musical direction, Sigmund Krumgold.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 103