(Mitchell Leisen, 1940, 94 mins)
Release date: 25 March 2024
Standard Edition Blu-ray
With its sparkling screenplay by Preston Sturges (The Great McGinty, The Palm Beach Story), this much-loved romantic comedy paired screen legends Barbara Stanwyck (The Lady Eve, Forty Guns) and Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity, The Absent-Minded Professor) for the very first time.
Stanwyck plays Lee Leander, a shoplifter who faces a lonely Christmas in prison, while MacMurray is the strait-laced New York District Attorney who takes pity on her and organises her release on bail. After he offers to drive her to visit her family, a trouble-filled road-trip ensues and an unlikely romance blossoms.
Directed by Mitchell Leisen (Easy Living, Hold Back the Dawn), and featuring acting support from Beulah Bondi (It’s a Wonderful Life) and Elizabeth Patterson (Love Me Tonight), Remember the Night is an all-time classic comedy from Hollywood's golden age.
INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Adrian Martin (2022)
- You May Laugh, You May Weep (2022, 26 mins): author and programmer Geoff Andrew revisits Remember the Night, exploring the contributions of writer Preston Sturges and director Mitchell Leisen
- Outsider Status (2022, 26 mins): critic Pamela Hutchinson assesses the life and career of the iconic silver-screen star Barbara Stanwyck
- Lux Radio Theatre: ‘Remember the Night’ (1940, 55 mins): radio adaptation which finds Fred MacMurray and Stanwyck reprising their roles from the film
- Lux Radio Theatre: ‘Remember the Night’ (1942, 54 mins): second radio adaptation, pairing MacMurray with Jean Arthur
- Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945, 20 mins): short promotional film starring Stanwyck and many other Hollywood names, including Humphrey Bogart, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, and Alan Ladd
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924336
