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Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

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Other Authors: Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer), Diamond, I. A. L. (Screenwriter), Lang, Charles, 1915-2004 (director of photography.), Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 (composer (expression)), Schmidt, Arthur (Editor of moving image work), Haworth, Ted, 1917-1993 (Art director), Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 (Actor), Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010 (Actor), Lemmon, Jack (Actor), Raft, George (Actor), O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (Actor), Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (Actor), Persoff, Nehemiah, 1919- (Actor), Shawlee, Joan (Actor)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 950.
Subjects:
Female impersonators > Drama.
Musicians > Drama.
Gangsters > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Item Description:Title from title frame.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Suggested by a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan.
Special features: Audio commentary by Howard Suber (recorded in 1989); new program on Orry-Kelly's costumes for the film; three making-of documentaries; appearance from 1982 by Billy Wilder on The Dick Cavett Show; conversation from 2001 between Tony Curtis and Leonard Maltin; French television interview from 1988 with Jack Lemmon; Radio interview from 1955 with Marilyn Monroe; trailer; in insert, essay by Sam Wasson.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (121 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Format:DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1); mono.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Charles Lang, Jr. ; music, Adolph Deutsch ; art director, Ted Haworth ; editor, Arthur P. Schmidt.
ISBN:9781681435213
1681435217

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