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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #291
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Newly deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve arrives at the outer offices of Hades where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of Hell. Though the Devil doubts he will qualify, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime wooing and pursuing women
Originally released as a motion picture in 1943
Special features: New video conversation between film critics Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris; Creativity with Bill Moyers: A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson (1982), a 30-minute program exploring the screenwriter s life and career; audio seminar with Raphaelson and film critic Richard Corliss recorded at the Museum of Modern Art in 1977; Lubitsch home piano recordings; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar William Paul
Cinematographer, Edward J. Cronjager
Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Closed-captioned