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Title:
Lola Montès
Series Number:
503.
Summary:
The life of a young woman who was a showgirl, had affairs with kings, became a courtesan, and traveled the world trying to fit in. Charts the course of Montès's scandalous past through the invocations of the bombastic ringmaster of the American circus where she has ended up performing.
General Note:
Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.

Special features: Disc one: Audio commentary featuring film scholar Susan White. Disc two: "Max Ophuls ou le plaisir de tourner:" a 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of Ophuls's collaborators; "Max by Marcel:" a new documentary by Marcel Ophuls about his father and the making of Lola Montès; "Martine Carole hair tests" Martine Carol demonstrating the various hairstyles in Lola Montés; Re-release trailer. Booklet: "Loving Lola" essay by critic Gary Giddins.
Contents:
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Supplements.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] p. : ports. ; 19 cm.)
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Publication Date:
2009

1955
ISBN:
9781604652321
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Call Number:
DVD LOLAMON
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