The Lady Vanishes
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2011],c2011
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espionage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination.
Series: Criterion collection ; 3.
Other Authors:
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director, interviewee.
Gilliat, Sidney, screenwriter.
Launder, Frank, screenwriter.
Lockwood, Margaret, actor..
Redgrave, Michael, actor..
Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor..
Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948, actor.
Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971, actor.
Travers, Linden, 1913-2001, actor.
Clare, Mary, 1894-1970, actor.
Wayne, Naunton, 1901-1970, actor.
Radford, Basil, 1897-1952, actor.
Cox, Jack, 1896-1960, director of photography.
Dearing, R. E., 1893-1968, editor of moving image work.
Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, musical director.
Truffaut, François, interviewer.
Eder, Bruce, commentator.
Baxter, John, 1896-1975, director..
Motion picture adaptation of (work): White, Ethel Lina. Wheels spins.
Gaumont British Picture Corp., presenter.
Gainsborough Studios, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, director, interviewee.
Gilliat, Sidney, screenwriter.
Launder, Frank, screenwriter.
Lockwood, Margaret, actor..
Redgrave, Michael, actor..
Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor..
Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948, actor.
Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971, actor.
Travers, Linden, 1913-2001, actor.
Clare, Mary, 1894-1970, actor.
Wayne, Naunton, 1901-1970, actor.
Radford, Basil, 1897-1952, actor.
Cox, Jack, 1896-1960, director of photography.
Dearing, R. E., 1893-1968, editor of moving image work.
Levy, Louis, 1894-1957, musical director.
Truffaut, François, interviewer.
Eder, Bruce, commentator.
Baxter, John, 1896-1975, director..
Motion picture adaptation of (work): White, Ethel Lina. Wheels spins.
Gaumont British Picture Corp., presenter.
Gainsborough Studios, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
White, Ethel Lina -- Film adaptations.
White, Ethel Lina
Disappeared persons -- Drama.
Railroad travel -- Europe, Eastern -- Drama.
Espionage -- Drama.
Disappeared persons
Espionage
Railroad travel
Eastern Europe
White, Ethel Lina -- Film adaptations.
White, Ethel Lina
Disappeared persons -- Drama.
Railroad travel -- Europe, Eastern -- Drama.
Espionage -- Drama.
Disappeared persons
Espionage
Railroad travel
Eastern Europe
UPC: 715515090315
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Lady | Main (Downtown) | Blu-ray Disc | Out (Due: 5/25/2024) |
Full screen (1.33:1).
"Based upon the story The wheel spins by Ethel Lina White."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938.
"Copyright by Gaumont British Corporation of America, 1938."
Booklet (19 pages ; ill.) with program notes and essays in English inserted in container.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film directed by John Baxter; excerpts from François Truffaut's 1966 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock; Mystery train, a video essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Liff; stills gallery.
Cinematography, Jack Cox; editing, R.E. Dearing; musical director, Louis Levy.
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford.
Blu-ray disc, region A; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
"Based upon the story The wheel spins by Ethel Lina White."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938.
"Copyright by Gaumont British Corporation of America, 1938."
Booklet (19 pages ; ill.) with program notes and essays in English inserted in container.
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film directed by John Baxter; excerpts from François Truffaut's 1966 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock; Mystery train, a video essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Liff; stills gallery.
Cinematography, Jack Cox; editing, R.E. Dearing; musical director, Louis Levy.
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford.
Blu-ray disc, region A; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
In English; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.