History is made at night
(Video)
Contributors
Borzage, Frank, film director.
Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968, presenter,
Towne, Gene, 1904-1979, screenwriter.
Baker, Graham, 1883-1950, screenwriter.
Abel, David, 1883-1973, director of photography.
Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968, presenter,
Towne, Gene, 1904-1979, screenwriter.
Baker, Graham, 1883-1950, screenwriter.
Abel, David, 1883-1973, director of photography.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Status
Rapid City Public Library - DVD - Adult
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
Video
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 72 x 19 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm)
Language
English
UPC
715515257510
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Originally released in 1937; copyright held by United Artists Corporation.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1)
General Note
Special features: new conversation between author Hervé Dumont (Frank Borzage) and film historian Peter Cowie ; interview with Farran Smith Nehme on Borzage's obsession with romantic love ; audio excerpts from an interview with Bozage in 1958; restoration demostration; radio adaptation of the film from the series The Screen Guild Theater, made in 1940 ; essay by critic Dan Callahan.
Creation/Production Credits
Additional dialogue, Vincent Lawrence, David Hertz ; director of photography, David Abel ; musical direction, Alfred Newman ; film editor, Margaret Clancy ; art director, Alexander Toluboff ; costumes. Bernard Newman.
Participants/Performers
Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive.
Description
"Suffused with intoxicating romanticism, History Is Made at Night is a sublime paean to love from Frank Borsage, classic Hollywood's supreme poet of carnal and spiritual desire. On the run through Europe from her wealthy, cruelly possessive husband, an unhappy socialite (Jean Arthur) is thrown together by fate with a suave stranger (Charles Boyer)--and soon the two are bound in a consuming, seemingly impossible affair that stretches across continents and brings them to the very edge of catastrophe. Lent a palpable erotic charge by the chemistry between its leads, this delirious vision of lovers beset by the world passes through a dizzying array of tonal shifts--from melodrama to romantic comedy to noir to disaster thriller--smoothly guided by Borsage's unwavering allegiance to the power of love""--Container.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital monaural.
Language
In English.
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LC Subjects
Closed captioning.
Comedy films.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Jealousy -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Ocean travel -- Drama.
Rich people -- Drama.
Romance films.
Separated people -- Drama.
Spouses -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Comedy films.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Jealousy -- Drama.
Love -- Drama.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Ocean travel -- Drama.
Rich people -- Drama.
Romance films.
Separated people -- Drama.
Spouses -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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