The Devil and Daniel Webster
Subtitle: a.k.a. All That Money Can Buy
By: an RKO Radio picture ; a William Dieterle production ; produced and directed by William Dieterle ; screenplay by Dan Totheroh and Stephen Vincent Benét
Series: Criterion collection ; v. 214
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: DVD
ISBN-13: 9780780027008
Copyright date: 2003
Notes: Publisher location from publisher website.
Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941 under title All that money can buy; re-released later that year as The Devil and Daniel Webster; re-issued in 1952 in a shortened version as Daniel and the Devil.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder and Bernard Herrmann biographer Stephen C. Smith; a reading of Benét's original short story by actor/director Alec Baldwin; comparison with an earlier preview version titled "Here is a man"; the Columbia Workshop's radio dramatization of the "Devil and Daniel Webster" and "The sea serpent"; the music of the film in an interactive essay by Christopher Husted; behind-the-scenes photos; essays by Tom Piazza and Benét.
Music, Bernard Herrmann ; director of photography, Joseph August ; editor, Robert Wise.
Cast includes Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade.
Publisher no. DEV040 (Criterion Collection)
Table of contents: title: "It could even happen to you"; title: For better or for worse; title: Wonderful language; title: Seven years; title: Mashed potatoes & milk; title: Paid in full; title: Ten throws; title: "Just the beginning"; title: Hail & harvest; title: Keeping him warm; title: Higher stakes; title: No respect; title: A changed man; title: Constitution & Bill of Rights; title: "Quite a success"; title: The contract; title: "To save a New Hampshire man"; title: American judge, American jury; title: "Here is this man"; title: And he hasn't been seen; title: Special features.; title: Commentary / Bruce Eder, film historian ; Steven C. Smith, biographer; title: Scratch's black book.; title: Here is a Man comparison; title: "The Devil and Daniel Webster"; title: The Columbia workshop; title: The Devil in context; title: Gallery