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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
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A Hollywood director wants to abandon comedies and make serious films. In order to feed his creative flame, he travels onto the street disguised as a hobo in order to endure real hardship
Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941
Special features: Audo commentary fro 2001 by filmmakers Noah Baumbach, Kenneth Bowser, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean; Preston Sturges: the rise and fall of an American dreamer (1990), a 76-minute documentary made by Bowser for PBS's American Masteries series; New video essay by film critic David Cairns, featuring filmmaker Bill Forsyth; Interview from 2001 with Sandy Sturges, the director's; Interview with Sturges by gossip columnist Hedda Hopper from 1951; Archive audio recordings of Sturges; Plus: an essay by critic Stuart Klawans
Director of photography, John Seitz ; music, Sigmund Krumgold, Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw ; editor, Stuart Gilmore
Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea
Rating: Not rated
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