DVD
The lady vanishes
Call Number
- DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Full screen version.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford, Mary Clare, Emile Boreo, Googie Withers, Sally Stewart, Philip Leaver, Zelma Vas Dias, Catherine Lacy, Josephine Wilson, Charles Oliver, Kathleen Tremaine.
Publication Information
[United States] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Series
Summary
Travelers on a trans-European train are put up in a hotel for the night due to bad weather. Shortly after the journey begins in the morning, people begin to disappear. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; essays; and more.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the story: The wheel spins / by Ethel Lina White.
Originally released as motion picture in 1938.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length Charters and Caldicott adventure, available for the first time on home video, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne reprising their beloved The lady vanishes roles; excerpts from François Truffaut's legendary 1962 audio interview with Alfred Hitchcock; Mystery train, a new video essay about Hitchcock and The lady vanishes by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff; stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and promotional art; plus: new essays by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and Hitchcock scholar Charles Barr.
Contents
- Disc one. The film
- disc two. The supplements.