Only angels have wings

Only angels have wings

DVD - 2016

A traveling entertainer gets more than she bargained for during a stopover in a South American port town. There she meets a handsome yet aloof daredevil pilot, who runs an airmail company, staring down death while servicing towns in treacherous mountain terrain. Both attracted to and repelled by his romantic sense of danger, she decides to stay on, despite his protestations.

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Subjects
Women entertainers > Drama.
Air pilots > Drama.
Daredevils > Drama.
Air mail service > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
South America > Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Romance films.
Genres
Feature films
Action and adventure films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Romance films
Published
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2016]
Language
English
Other Authors
Howard Hawks, 1896-1977 (film director), Jules Furthman (-)
Edition
DVD special edition ; special edition ; full screen
Item Description
Title from container.
DVD release of the 1939 motion picture.
Widescreen.
Special features: Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers Howard hawks and Peter Bogdanovich ; new interview with film critic David Thomson ; Howard Hawks and his aviation movies, a new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barethelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by director Cecil B. DeMille ; trailer ; essay by critic Michael Sragow.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format
DVD ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Viola Lawrence ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
ISBN
9781681431314
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

A quartet of films from Columbia Pictures-two from Hollywood's Golden Age and two from the postglory era of the studio system-get the Criterion treatment. A small-time airline operator (Cary Grant) excels with brave fliers but plays hard to get with a spirited woman (Jean Arthur) smitten with him in Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Columbia's biggest star in the 1940s, Rita Hayworth shines in Gilda (1946), as a femme fatale in a love triangle with a rough-and-tumble gambler (Glenn Ford) and a jealous casino operator (George Macready). A superb adaptation of Truman Capote's "nonfiction novel," In Cold Blood (1967) vividly traces the murder spree of a pair of ex-convicts (Robert Blake, Scott Wilson) and their subsequent capture and execution. Easy Rider (1969) follows the road trip of two doper bikers (Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper) and the folks, including a civil liberties attorney (Jack Nicholson), they meet along the way. In a clear break from Columbia's past, Rider rode a wave of low-budget, counterculture films catering to younger audiences. VERDICT Digitally restored in high definition and supplemented by special features, all four movies offer substantial upgrades over their previous versions.-Jeff T. Dick, Davenport, IA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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