A melodrama about an aspiring prizefighter who meets with disaster after he is blinded in the ring, then devotes himself to fostering the musical career of brother.
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in digital optical mono Dolby fullscreen DVD video file DVD video region 1 monochrome
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: NR
Notes:
From the novel by Aben Kandel Special features: "Warner night at the movies 1940" short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel; Oscar®-nominated* short "Service with the colors," cartoon "Stage fright," trailers of "City for conquest" and "The fighting 69th"; featurette "Molls and dolls: the women of gangster films"; commentary soundtrack by Richard Schickel; "Breakdowns of 1940": studio blooper reel; audio-only bonus: Radio show with Alice Faye and Robert Preston Originally released as a motion picture in 1940 Directors of photography, Sol Polito, James Wong Howe ; editor, William Holmes ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein ; music, Max Steiner James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias, Jerome Cowan, Elia Kazan, Anthony Quinn, Lee Patrick DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual layer In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
