The story of Temple Drake /
The story of Temple Drake /
a Paramount Picture ; Paramount presents ; screen play by Oliver H.P. Garrett ; directed by Stephen Roberts.
- DVD special edition.
, United States
- 1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
- 4 3/4 in. stamping
- Criterion collection ; 1006. .
- Criterion collection ; 1006. .
From the novel by William Faulkner. Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Special edition features: new program featuring a conversation between cinematographer John Bailey and Matt Severson, director of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, about the film's visual style, as well as archival materials relating to its production; new program featuring critic Imogen Sara Smith on the complexity of the film and its central performance by Miriam Hopkins; new interview with critic Mick LaSalle about the film, censorship, and the Production Code; plus: an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien
Photography, Karl Struss. Photography, Karl Struss.
Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge, Guy Standing, Irving Pichel, Jobyna Howland and William Collier, Jr.
Loosely adapted from William Faulkner's controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Aspect ration(1.33: 1); Dolby Audio, mono.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
9781681436678 1681436671
715515238816
CC3095DDVD The Criterion Collection
Rape--Drama.
Gangsters--Southern States--Drama.
Prostitution--Southern States--Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
From the novel by William Faulkner. Originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Special edition features: new program featuring a conversation between cinematographer John Bailey and Matt Severson, director of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, about the film's visual style, as well as archival materials relating to its production; new program featuring critic Imogen Sara Smith on the complexity of the film and its central performance by Miriam Hopkins; new interview with critic Mick LaSalle about the film, censorship, and the Production Code; plus: an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien
Photography, Karl Struss. Photography, Karl Struss.
Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge, Guy Standing, Irving Pichel, Jobyna Howland and William Collier, Jr.
Loosely adapted from William Faulkner's controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Aspect ration(1.33: 1); Dolby Audio, mono.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
9781681436678 1681436671
715515238816
CC3095DDVD The Criterion Collection
Rape--Drama.
Gangsters--Southern States--Drama.
Prostitution--Southern States--Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.