#1078: GOULDING, Edmund: Nightmare Alley (1947)
GOULDING, Edmund
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Spine #1078
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stan Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era -- a fate-fueled downward slide into existential oblivion.
111 minutes
Black and White
Black and White
Monaural
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021
Director/Writers
Goulding (left)
Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham.
Screenplay by Jules Furthman.
Edmund Goulding was 56 when he directed Nightmare Alley.
The Film
The Extras
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film writer and screenwriter Kim Morgan.
Commentary
From 2005 featuring film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver.
Interview 1
With critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Interview 2
With performer and historian Todd Robbins.
Interview 3
From 2007 with actor Gray.
Audio excerpt
From a 1971 interview with Henry King in which the filmmaker discusses actor Power.
Trailer
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film writer and screenwriter Kim Morgan.
Commentary
From 2005 featuring film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver.
Interview 1
With critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Interview 2
With performer and historian Todd Robbins.
Interview 3
From 2007 with actor Gray.
Audio excerpt
From a 1971 interview with Henry King in which the filmmaker discusses actor Power.
Trailer
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