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"Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image andf launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewar...

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Uniform Title:Destry rides again (Motion picture : 1939)
Other Authors: Jackson, Felix (Screenwriter), Purcell, Gertrude (Screenwriter), Myers, Henry, 1893-1975 (Screenwriter), Dietrich, Marlene (Actor), Stewart, James, 1908-1997 (Actor), Auer, Mischa, 1905-1967 (Actor), Winninger, Charles, 1884-1969 (Actor), Donlevy, Brian (Actor), Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974 (Actor), Hymer, Warren, 1906-1948 (Actor), Hervey, Irene, 1909-1998 (Actor), Merkel, Una, 1903-1986 (Actor), Gilbert, Billy, 1894-1971 (Actor), Hinds, Samuel S., 1875-1948 (Actor), Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (Actor), Fadden, Tom (Actor), Brissac, Virginia, 1883-1979 (Actor), Mohr, Hal, 1894-1974 (director of photography.), Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968 (composer (expression)), West, Vera (Costume designer), Brand, Max, 1892-1944
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Edition:Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 1024.
Subjects:
Revenge > Drama.
Women entertainers > West (U.S.) > Drama.
Sheriffs > West (U.S.) > Drama.
Corruption > West (U.S.) > Drama.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.) > Drama.
Cardsharping > Drama.
Cardsharping.
Corruption.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Revenge.
Sheriffs.
Women entertainers.
West United States.
1800-1899
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Western films.
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Summary:"Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer Frenchy, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image andf launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers--delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich--come together to create an irresistable, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship"--Container.
Item Description:Title and credits from screen.
Full screen (1.35:1).
Based on the novel by Max Brand.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures in collaboration with The Film Foundation; new interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith; New interview with Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: a biography; illustrated audio excerpts from a 1973 oral-history interview with director George Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors James Stewart and Joan Blondell; an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehma.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Format:Blu-ray; monaural; region A; full screen (1.35:1); requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Hal Mohr ; art director, Jack Otterson ; film editor, Milton Carruth ; set decorations, R.A. Gausman ; gowns, Vera West ; musical director, Charles Previn ; musical score, Frank Skinner ; songs, lyrics by Frank Loesser, music by Frederick Hollander.
ISBN:9781681436951
1681436957