My darling Clementine

Author

John Ford

Call Number

• DVD ACTION (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, Cathy Downs.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (97 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.

Notes

Title from container.

From a story by Sam Hellman; based on a book by Stuart N. Lake.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration of the theatrical release version of the film ; high-definition presentation of the 103-minute prerelease version of the film ; new audio commentary featuring John Ford biographer Joseph McBride ; new interview with western historian Andrew C. Isenberg about the real Wyatt Earp ; comparison of the two versions by film preservationist Robert Gitt ; new video essay by Ford scholar Tag Gallagher ; Bandit's wager, a 1916 silent western short costarring Ford and directed by his brother, Francis Ford, featuring new music composed and performed by Donald Sosin ; NBC television reports from 1963 and 1975 about the history of Tombstone and Monument Valley ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation from 1947 starring Henry Fonda and Cathy Downs ; trailer.