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Heaven can wait / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ; screenplay by Samson Raphaelson ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

LIBRA DVD 003 164 disc + pamphlet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, director, producer.
Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983, screenwriter.
Ameche, Don, actor.
Tierney, Gene, actor.
Coburn, Charles, actor.
Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer.
Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 291.
Criterion collection ; 291
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971--Film adaptations.
Bús-Fekete, László.
Bús-Fekete, László, 1896-1971.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Heaven.
Hell.
Hell--Drama.
Heaven--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([8] pages ; 19 cm).
polychrome
Edition:
Special edition ; full screen presentation.
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD - NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; Region 1.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve arrives at the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts he will qualify, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime wooing and pursuing women.
Participant:
Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar.
Credits:
Cinematographer, Edward J. Cronjager; editor, Dorothy Spencer; music, Alfred Newman.
Notes:
Based upon the play "Birthday" by Laszlo Bus-Fekete
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Special features: New video conversation between film critics Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris; Creativity with Bill Moyers: A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson (1982), a 30-minute program exploring the screenwriter s life and career; audio seminar with Raphaelson and film critic Richard Corliss recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in 1977; Lubitsch home piano recordings; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar William Paul.
ISBN:
1559409614
OCLC:
59824461
Publisher Number:
715515016322
CC1613D 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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