Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979,
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960,
Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999,
March, Fredric, 1897-1975,
Allen, Adrianne, 1907-1993,
Gallagher, Skeets, 1890-1955,
Irving, George, 1874-1961,
Howard, Esther, 1892-1965,
Britton, Florence,
Coleman, Charles, 1885-1951,
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986,
Taylor, Kent, 1907-1987,
Abel, David, 1883-1973,
Loring, Jane, 1890-1983,
Beauchamp, Cari,
Mayne, Judith,
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lucas, Cleo. I Jerry take thee, Joan.
Container of (work) : Dorothy Arzner, longing for women (Motion picture).
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| Other authors / contributors: | Paramount Publix Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN: | 9781681438320
1681438321
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| Physical medium: | 4 3/4 in.
stamping
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
optical
mono
Dolby Digital
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | DVD video
region 1
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| Notes: | Based on the play "I Jerry take thee, Joan," by Cleo Lucas.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: Dorothy Arzner: Longing for Women, a 1983 documentary by Katja Raganelli and Konrad Wickler; new video essay by film historian Cari Beauchamp; essay by film scholar Judith Mayne.
Director of photography, David Abel; editor, Jane Loring.
Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen, Skeets Gallagher, George Irving, Esther Howard, Florence Britton, Charles Coleman, Cary Grant, Kent Taylor.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1); Dolby mono.
In English.
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| Summary: | "Addiction, nonmonogamy, and female sexual liberation: decades before such ideas were widely discussed, Dorothy Arzner, the only woman to work as a director in 1930s Hollywood, brought them to the screen with striking frankness, sophistication and wit--a mature treatment that stands out even in the pre-Code era. Fredric March (in one of four collaborations with Arzner) and Sylvia Sidney turn in extraordinary performances as an urbane couple whose relationship is pushed to the breaking point by his alcoholism and wandering eye, leading them into an emotionally explosive experiment with an open marriage. Exposing the hypocrisies and petty cruelties simmering beneath the surface of high-society elegance, Merrily We Go to Hell is a scathing early-feminist commentary on modern marriage"--Container.
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| Standard no.: | 715515258715
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| Publisher's no.: | CC3251DDVD The Criterion Collection
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