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Nightmare alley / directed by Edmund Goulding ; screenplay by Jules Furthman.

Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959 (film director.). Furthman, Jules, (screenwriter.). Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (actor.). Blondell, Joan, (actor.). Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015 (actor.). Walker, Helen, 1920-1968 (actor.). Gresham, William Lindsay, 1909-1962 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Nightmare alley. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes. (Cast).

Summary:
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681438368
  • ISBN: 1681438364
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : illustrations ; 18 cm).
  • Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver; new interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith; new interview with performer and historian Todd Robbins; interview from 2007 with actor Coleen Gray; audio excerpt of a 1971 interview with Henry King in which the filmmaker discusses actor Tyrone Power; trailer; essay by film writer and screenwriter Kim Morgan.
Participant or Performer Note:
Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes.
System Details Note:
DVD, full screen (1.37:1); monaural Dolby audio ; region 1.
Source of Description Note:
Title from disc surface.

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Genre: Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Film noir.
Fiction films.
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Albright Memorial Library DVD NIGHTMA (Text) 50686015728905 Main Floor Available -
Bethlehem Main Library DVD (Text) 33062009567703 Adult DVD Fiction Available -

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