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A glittering spectacle and a sweeping melodrama about motherly devotion. Unfolding episodically, the film tells the story of Helen (Dietrich), once a German chanteuse, now an American housewife, who resurrects her stage career after her husband (Herbert Marshall) falls ill; she then becomes the mist...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English German |
| Language Notes: | In English with some German; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
934. |
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| Summary: | A glittering spectacle and a sweeping melodrama about motherly devotion. Unfolding episodically, the film tells the story of Helen (Dietrich), once a German chanteuse, now an American housewife, who resurrects her stage career after her husband (Herbert Marshall) falls ill; she then becomes the mistress of a millionaire (Cary Grant), in a slide from loving martyr to dishonored woman. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title screen ; statement of responsibility and crew credits partially from boxed set's accompanying book. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932. "New, restored 4K digital transfer". Issued in a boxed set: Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood, which includes an accompanying book. 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Special features: 2018 interview with costume designer and historian Deborah Nadoolman Landis about the films' costumes and their designer, the legendary Travis Banton; 2018 interview with Deutsche Kinemathek curator Silke Ronneburg about the museum's Marlene Dietrich collection in Berlin; The fashion side of Hollywood, a 1935 publicity short featuring Dietrich and Banton. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Bert Glennon ; editor, Joseph von Sternberg ; music, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Paul Marquardt, Oscar Potoker. |
| ISBN: | 9781681434681 1681434687 9781681434605 1681434601 |