Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Container title: Preston Sturges' Sullivan's travels
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Other authors / contributors: | Jones, Paul, 1901-1968.
Sturges, Preston.
McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990
Lake, Veronica.
Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964
Hayes, Margaret, 1916-1977.
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953.
Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958.
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959.
Greig, Robert, 1879-1958.
Shuken, Leo, 1906-1976
Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN: | 1559409193 9781559409193
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Notes: | Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. "Janus Films." Special features: audio commentary by Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean ; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer, a 76-minute documentary made by Kenneth Bowser for PBS's American masters series ; interview with Preston Sturges' widow Sandy Sturges ; Hedda Hopper interview with Preston Sturges ; archival audio recordings of Sturges singing his original composition My love and reciting the poem If I were king ; storyboards and blueprints ; production stills archive ; scrapbook of original publicity materials ; original theatrical trailer. Director of photography, John Seitz ; editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music, Leo Shuken and Charles Bradshaw. Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, Robert Greig, Georges Renavent, Harry Rosenthal. DVD. English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
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Summary: | A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.
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Target Audience: | Not rated by MPAA.
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Standard no.: | 715515012126
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Publisher's no.: | CC1572D Criterion Collection
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