DVD
History is made at night
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive, Ivan Lebedeff, George Meeker, Lucien Prival, George Davis.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2021]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"Suffused with intoxicating romanticism, History Is Made at Night is a sublime paean to love from Frank Borsage, classic Hollywood's supreme poet of carnal and spiritual desire. On the run through Europe from her wealthy, cruelly possessive husband, an unhappy socialite is thrown together by fate with a suave stranger --and soon the two are bound in a consuming, seemingly impossible affair that stretches across continents and brings them to the very edge of catastrophe. Lent a palpable erotic charge by the chemistry between its leads, this delirious vision of lovers beset by the world passes through a dizzying array of tonal shifts--from melodrama to romantic comedy to noir to disaster thriller--smoothly guided by Borsage's unwavering allegiance to the power of love""--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1937.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer ; new conversation between author Hervé Dumont (Frank Borzage: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Romanitc) and film historian Peter Cowie ; interview from 2019 with critic Farran Smith Nehme about director Frank Borzage's obsession with romantic love ; audio excerpts of a 1958 interview with Borzage from the collection of the George Eastman Museum ; radio adaptation of the film from 1940, broadcast by The Screen Guild Theater and starring Charles Boyer ; restoration demonstration.