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William Dieterle's The devil & Daniel Webster
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
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.
[produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screenplay by Dan Totheroh, Stephen Vincent Benét].
Statement of responsibility from folded sheet.
Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Videodisc release of the 1941 motion picture by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
Reissued in 1952 in shortened version as Daniel and the Devil.
New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven C. Smith -- Reading of Stephen Vincent Benét's original short story "The devil and Daniel Webster" by acclaimed actor/director Alec Baldwin -- Comparison between The devil and Daniel Webster and an earlier preview version of the film, Here is a man -- The Columbia Workshop's radio dramatization of Benét's short stories "The devil and Daniel Webster" and "Daniel Webster and the sea serpent," both featuring music by Bernard Herrmann -- The music of The devil and Daniel Webster, presented in an interactive essay Christopher Husted of Bernard Herrmann's Estate -- Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and promotional materials -- New essay by author Tom Piazza and a reprinted article by Benét.
Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade.
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Academy Awards, 1941: Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) (Bernard Herrmann)
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 214