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Oscar Wilde's The importance of being earnest

DVD

2002

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Importance of being earnest (Motion picture : 1952)
Title:	Oscar Wilde's The importance of being earnest / the J. Arthur Rank Organisation presents an Anthony Asquith production ; directed by Anthony Asquith ; produced by Teddy Baird.
Publisher, Date:	[New York] : Criterion Collection, ©2002.
Description:	1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. plastic 4 3/4 in. digital video file DVD video
Summary:	A witty, delightful story about a lovestruck suitor named Jack whose fiancee can only love a man named Ernest.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 158 Criterion collection ; 158.
Subjects:	Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Film adaptations. Aristocracy (Social class) -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. England -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Genre:	Feature films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Film adaptations.
Other Author:	Asquith, Anthony, 1902-1968. Baird, Teddy. Frankel, Benjamin. Redgrave, Michael. Wattis, Richard. Denison, Michael. Hudd, Walter, 1898-1963. Evans, Edith, 1888-1976. Greenwood, Joan, 1921-1987. Tutin, Dorothy, 1930-2001. Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972. Malleson, Miles. Mather, Aubrey, 1885-1958. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Importance of being earnest. Rank Organisation. Janus Films. Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Title:	Importance of being earnest Container title: Anthony Asquith's The importance of being earnest
Notes:	Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. From the Janus collection. Special features: rare production stills with notes by film historian Bruce Eder and original theatrical trailer. Educational and home use only. Director of photography, Desmond Dickinson ; film editor, John D. Guthridge ; music composed and conducted by Benjamin Frankel. Michael Redgrave (Ernest Worthing), Richard Wattis (Seton), Michael Denison (Algernon Moncrieff), Walter Hudd (Lane), Edith Evans (Lady Bracknell), Joan Greenwood (Gwendolyn Fairfax), Dorothy Tutin (Cecily Cardew), Margaret Rutherford (Miss Prism), Miles Malleson (Canon Chasuble), Aubrey Mather (Merriman). DVD, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital, mono. English with optional English subtitles for the deaf or hearing impaired.
Contents:	Special features: Full screen version -- Digital transfer -- Rare production stills with notes by film historian Burde Eder -- Original theatrical trailer -- Language: English -- Subtitles: English.
ISBN:	0780024982 9780780024984
Publisher Number:	IMP060
Other Number:	50186936
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	118304
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Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Importan

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