#1024: MARSHALL, George: Destry Rides Again (1939)
MARSHALL, George (United States)
Destry Rides Again [1939]
Spine #1024
Blu-ray
The Film
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Interview 2
With Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography.
Illustrated audio excerpts
From a 1973 oral-history interview with director Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute.
Lux Radio Theatre
Adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors Stewart and Joan Blondell.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Destry Rides Again [1939]
Spine #1024
Blu-ray
Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart ride high in this superb comedic western, both a boisterous spoof and a shining example of its genre. As the brawling, rough-and-tumble saloon singer French, Dietrich shed her exotic love-goddess image and launched a triumphant career comeback, while Stewart cemented his amiable everyman persona, in his first of many westerns, with a charming turn as a gun-abhorring deputy sheriff who uses his wits to bring law and order to the frontier town of Bottleneck. A sparkling script, a supporting cast of virtuoso character actors, and rollicking musical numbers — delivered with unmatched bravado by the magnetic Dietrich — come together to create an irresistible, oft-imitated marvel of studio-era craftsmanship.
94 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
Black & White
Monaural
1:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2020
Director/Writers
Suggested by Max Brand’s novel Destry Rides Again.
Original story by Felix Jackson.
Screenplay by Jackson, Gertrude Purcell, and Henry Myers.
The Film
A
Film Rating (0-60):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Interview 2
With Donald Dewey, author of James Stewart: A Biography.
Illustrated audio excerpts
From a 1973 oral-history interview with director Marshall conducted by the American Film Institute.
Lux Radio Theatre
Adaptation of the film from 1945, featuring actors Stewart and Joan Blondell.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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