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Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. One rainy night, he rescues the delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, Kitty lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his s...

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Main Author: Salter, Hans J. (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Diana Productions, Universal Pictures Corporation, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 (Producer, Director), Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 (Producer), Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960 (Screenwriter), Krasner, Milton (Cinematographer), Hilton, Arthur, 1897-1979 (Film editor), Golitzen, Alexander, 1908-2005 (Artistic director), Brown, Bernard B., 1898-1981 (Sound designer), Gausman, R. A. (Russell A.), 1892-1963 (Set designer), Lawrence, Carl, 1904-1975 (Set designer), Banton, Travis, 1894-1958 (Costume designer), Fulton, John P., 1902-1965 (Photographer), Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 (Actor), Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990 (Actor), Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 (Actor), Lindsay, Margaret, 1910-1981 (Actor), Ivan, Rosalind, 1884-1959 (Actor), Barker, Jess (Actor), Kemper, Charles, 1900-1950 (Actor), Bolster, Anita, 1895-1985 (Actor), Hinds, Samuel S., 1875-1948 (Actor), Sokoloff, Vladimir, 1889-1962 (Actor), Loft, Arthur, 1897-1947 (Actor), Hicks, Russell, 1895-1957 (Actor), La Fouchardiere, Georges de, 1874-1946, Mouëzy-Éon, André, 1880-1967
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2005]
Subjects:
Cashiers > Drama.
Painters > Drama.
Outsider art > Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. One rainy night, he rescues the delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, Kitty lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name, with disastrous and ironic results.
Item Description:Based on the novel and play "La Chienne" by Georges de La Fouchardière in collaboration with Mouëzy-Éon.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945.
"Newly mastered from archive material preserved by the Library of Congress"--Container.
Also issued as part of the box set: Film noir, five classics from the studio vaults.
Special features: Audio commentary by David Kalat ; photo gallery (including images of deleted scenes).
Physical Description:1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Milton Krasner ; film editor, Arthur Hilton ; musical score, H.J. Salter ; art direction, Alexander Golitzen ; director of sound, Bernard B. Brown ; set decorations, Russell A. Gausman, Carl Lawrence ; costumes by Travis Banton ; special photography by John P. Fulton.

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