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William Dieterle
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A morality tale for the ages, émigré Hollywood director William Dieterle’s The Devil and
Daniel Webster (aka All That Money Can Buy) combines European expressionism with quintessential Americana. Based on a short story by celebrated author Stephen Vincent Benét, it offers a study in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, in which patriotism is cast in dramatic conflict with servitude to greed and materialism.
Echoing the German legend of Faust, down-on-his-luck farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig)
makes an existential pact with the devil – seven years of prosperity in return for his soul. When the
devil incarnate Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) comes a-calling, Stone
begins to have second thoughts, enlisting famed orator and folk hero Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) to fight what becomes, for each of them, a case of life and death.
The Devil and Daniel Webster was widely lauded on its release – Bernard Herrmann’s score won an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture, while Huston was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role – and is still regarded as an American classic.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Dieterle’s film for the very first time on home video in the UK.
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SPECIAL FEATURES
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New high definition digital
transfer of the director’s cut
(the film was severely shorn
following its original release)
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Optional SDH English subtitles
for the hearing impaired
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Here Is A Man – preview
version comparison [4:38]
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60-page book with archival imagery;
an essay by professor Tony Williams;
an article by director William Dieterle;
and a celebration of the film by author
Stephen Vincent Benét, whose
The Devil and Daniel Webster
short story is reprinted in its entirety
with the original woodcut illustrations
by Harold Denison
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USA | 106 min.
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1.37:1 OAR
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black & white
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monaural
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Price:
£19.99
UK Sterling (new)
(includes UK postage & packaging)
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