DVD
The devil & Daniel Webster
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Performers
Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig, Anne Shirley, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, Gene Lockhart.
Publication Information
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A young farmer in 19th century New Hampshire signs a 7-year contract with the devil in exchange for gold, but reneges when it comes time for payment. He then hires lawyer Daniel Webster who fights to save the farmer's soul before a jury of the damned.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital mono.
Videodisc release of the 1941 motion picture.
Based on the story by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Not rated.
Special features include: New high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound ; audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Bernard Herrmann biographer Steven C. Smith ; reading of Stephen Vincent Benét's original short story by acclaimed actor/director Alec Baldwin ; comparison between the film and the earlier preview version of the film, Here is a man ; the Columbia Workshop's radio dramatizations 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 by 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 ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1.