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The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941

DVD - 2003 DVD Drama Devil None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.8 out of 5

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Based on the short story by Stephen Vincent Benét.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941; re-released in 1952 in 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.
Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Anne Shirley, John Qualen, Jeff Corey, Gene Lockhart, Lindy Wade.
Having promised his soul to the Devil in exchange for good fortune, Jabez Stone asks the talented lawyer Daniel Webster to get him out of the bargain.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.; RSDL dual-layer.

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naive and silly flick. submitted by Tassos on October 3, 2019, 11:49am was better in the short story.