DVD
The awful truth
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Esther Dale, Joyce Compton.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
An urbane couple, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But try as they might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can't help meddling in Lucy's ill-matched engagement to a corn-fed Oklahoma businessman, and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be saying goodbye to the only dance partner capable of following her lead.
Notes
Based on a play by Arthur Richman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.
Special features: New 4K digital restorations ; new interview with critic Gary Giddens about director Leo McCarey ; new video essay by film critic David Cairns on Cary Grant's performance ; illustrated 1978 audio interview with actor Irene Dunne ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptataion of the film from 1939, starring Grant and Claudette Colbert.