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.
Series:
Criterion collection ; volume 1078.
Published:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2021].
Format:
Blu-ray
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
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).
Rating:
Rating: Not rated
Status:
Ashland Adult Blu-ray
BLU-RAY NIG
Description
A Movies Unlimited favorite, this noir-flavored drama, based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, tracks the rise and fall of con man/carnival worker Stan Carlisle (Tyrone Power). Seducing a sideshow performer (Joan Blondell) to learn the secret to her and her alcoholic husband's (Ian Keith) mind-reading act, Carlisle leaves with a fellow carnie (Coleen Gray) and sets himself up as a spiritualist in Chicago. The con brings them acclaim and wealth, but Carlisle's greed leads to his ruination. Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes also star. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Uncompressed PCM mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; interviews; essay; theatrical trailer.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Ashland Adult Blu-ray
BLU-RAY NIG
Available
Nov 20, 2023
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781681438351, 1681438356
UPC:
0715515259019, 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
Music, Cyril Mockridge ; director of photography, Lee Garmes ; editor, Barbara McLean
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 Information
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)
Citations
APA Citation (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. [New York, N.Y.], The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Edmund Goulding et al.. 2021. Nightmare Alley. [New York, N.Y.], The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Edmund Goulding et al., Nightmare Alley. [New York, N.Y.], The Criterion Collection, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Goulding, Edmund, et al. Nightmare Alley. Blu-ray special edition. [New York, N.Y.], The Criterion Collection, 2021.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
ed691974-577a-9653-bf33-c7320f19ed23
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