Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
Special features: Screwball comedy?, a new conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate; interview with Frank Capra Jr. from 1999; Frank Capra's American dream (a 1997 feature length documentary, directed by Ken Bowser and hosted by filmmaker, producer, and actor Ron Howard, traces the life and career of director Frank Capra; features interviews with colleagues of Capra's, film historians, and contemporary actors and directors who were influenced by Capra's work); new digital transfer of Capra's first film, the 1921 silent short "Fultah Fisher's boarding house", with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin; American Film Institute tribute to Capra (1982 televised version of the American Film Institute ceremony that presented a lifetime achievement award to director Frank Capra); trailer; essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Based on the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Photography, Joseph Walker ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, Louis Silvers ; composer, Howard Jackson ; art director, Stephen Goosson ; costume design, Robert Kalloch.
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson.
Blu-ray, Region A, (1.33:1) aspect ratio, mono; requires Blu-ray player.
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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