Fountaindale Public Library

Othello, Westchester Films, Inc and World Entertainment, Inc. in association with Beatrice Welles Smith present Orson Welles's ; a film by Orson Welles ; produced and directed by Orson Welles

Originally screened with a dubbed-Italian soundtrack in Rome, Italy, in 1951, and later released with its original English-language soundtrack in Europe (1952), and in the U.S. and U.K. (1955)Title from containerBased on the play by William ShakespeareAccompanying insert comprises film credits, information about the transfers, and an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'BrienSpecial features: Audio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel (only available with 1955 version); "Return to Glennascaul", a 1953 short film made by actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting "Othello"; new interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow; "Souvenirs d'"Othello," a 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard; new interview with scholar François Thomas on the two versions; new interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of "Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America"; interview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride."

black and white

monaural

Editors, John Shepridge, Jean Sacha, Renzo Lucidi, William Morton ; photographers, Anchisi Brizzi, G.R. Aldo [that is, Aldo Graziati], George Fanto, Alberto Fusi, Oberdan Troiani.. ; music, Francesco Lavagnino, Alberto Barberis ; conductor, Willy Ferrero ; costume design, Maria De Matteis ; production design, Alexander Trauner, Luigi Scaccianoce

other

Special edition.

9781681433035

videodisc

Orson Welles (Othello), Micheál MacLiammóir (Iago), Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona), Robert Coote (Roderigo), Fay Compton (Emilia), Hilton Edwards (Brabantio), Nicholas Bruce (Lodovico), Michael Laurence (Cassio), Doris Dowling (Bianca)

3 videodiscs (267 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 insert (10 pages, folded : illustrations ; 18 cm).

sound on medium

videodisc

1604236(OCoLC)on1005355632(OCoLC)10053556321489273

DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby Digital monoaural; 1.37:1 aspect ratio (full screen)DVD

715515197915

CC276D -- The Criterion Collection -- (container)CC276D-1 -- The Criterion Collection -- (1952 version disc label)CC276D-2 -- The Criterion Collection -- (1955 version disc label)CC276D-3 -- The Criterion Collection -- (Filming "Othello" disc label)

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