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- Loan Terms:
- Circulating
- Status:
- In
- DVD006909
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Naked City, The
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Dassin, Jules
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Arrow Films, 2019
- Description:
- BluRay - Zone B.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
- Notes:
- Supplemental materials include: audio commentary by screenwriter Malvin Wald; “New York and the Naked City” - a personalized history of NYC on the big screen by critic Amy Taubin; Jules Dassin at LACMA (52 min); gallery of production stills by photojournalist Weegee; theatrical trailer; reversible sleeve featuring an original poster.
Titles
+ Naked City, The
- Director:
- Dassin, Jules
- Production Co:
- Mark Hellinger Productions, Inc.; Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc.
- Running Time:
- Feature.   96 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1948
- Language:
- English language with optional English for hard of hearing subtitles
- Genre:
- Crime, Drama, Film Noir
- Notes:
- New York, the middle of summer. A blonde ex-model is murdered in her bathtub and detectives Muldoon and Halloran are assigned to the case. Their investigation will lead them through the entire city, from Park Avenue to the Lower East Side, culminating in a climax atop the Williamsburg Bridge. Inspired by the world of the infamous tabloid photographers Weegee, THE NAKED CITY was the first major Hollywood production to be shot entirely on the streets of New York.
- Link to:
- FII catalog | AFI catalog
+ Hollywood Ten, The
- Director:
- Berry, John
- Production Co:
- Sciences, and Prof Hollywood Council for the Arts
- Running Time:
- Short.   20 minutes
- Sound:
- sound - monaural
- Color:
- b/w
- Country:
- USA
- Year:
- 1950
- Language:
- English language with optional English for hard of hearing subtitles
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Notes:
- THE HOLLYWOOD TEN is a short documentary on the ten filmmakers blacklisted from Hollywood for their refusal to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee. This group includes THE NAKED CITY’s screenwriter, Albert Maltz.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |