Nightmare alley
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Goulding, Edmund, 1891-1959, film director.
Furthman, Jules, screenwriter.
Jessel, George, 1898-1981, film producer.
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958, actor.
Blondell, Joan, actor.
Furthman, Jules, screenwriter.
Jessel, George, 1898-1981, film producer.
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958, actor.
Blondell, Joan, actor.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
ISBN
9781681438351, 1681438356
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustration ; 72 x 17 cm, folded to 17 x 12).
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris County Library - Adult Media | NIGHTMARE ALLEY BLU082 | NOTE: This the 1947 film | Available |
| Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Media | BLU-RAY FIC NIG | Available |
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681438351, 1681438356
UPC
715515259019
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Lee Garmes ; editor, Barbara McLean ; music, Cyril Mockridge.
Participants/Performers
Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith.
Description
"Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stanton Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long-difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era--a fatalistic downward slide into existential oblivion"--Container.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Accessibility Note
Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
System Details
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goulding, E., Furthman, J., Jessel, G., Power, T., Blondell, J., Gray, C., Walker, H., Holmes, T., Mazurki, M., Keith, I., Garmes, L., McLean, B., Mockridge, C. J. 1., & Gresham, W. L. (2021). Nightmare alley (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edmund Goulding et al.. 2021. Nightmare Alley. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Edmund Goulding et al.. Nightmare Alley The Criterion Collection, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goulding, Edmund, et al. Nightmare Alley Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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