Double Life with Whit Bissell: DVD Cover

    Double Life Director: George Cukor Cast: Whit Bissell, Ronald Colman, Betsy Blair, Signe Hasso

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    • DVD Release Date: 07/22/2003
    • Original Release: 1947
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 30,867

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    Closed Caption; Digitally mastered from the original film negative; Full screen version; 2.0 Dolby Stereo Surround; Scene selects; English closed captioning

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title [1:58]
    2. Introducing Anthony John [2:37]
    3. The Othello Thing [5:29]
    4. A Gentleman's Gentleman [2:43]
    5. Better Be a Comedy [1:05]
    6. Bad Old Habits [4:33]
    7. A Few Connections [4:18]
    8. His Real Name [3:30]
    9. A Terrifying Process [10:35]
    10. Last Scene - Bravo! [6:20]
    11. A Double Reality [3:51]
    12. Overdoing It a Bit [5:15]
    13. Sick... With Jealousy [8:19]
    14. "Out, Strumpet!" [6:41]
    15. The Kiss of Death [3:01]
    16. Daylight Terrors and Dignity [5:27]
    17. "Get Out of Here, You Maniac!" [2:13]
    18. Just a Hunch [5:27]
    19. The Girl for the Trap [4:09]
    20. Casting the Bait [2:18]
    21. Othello Falls Apart [2:54]
    22. The Final Curtain [6:35]
    23. "Die Again!" [4:27]
    24. End Credits [:45]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony John (Colman), has problems with his private life due to his unpredictable outbursts of temper. This trait has already cost him his wife, Brita (Signe Hasso), and threatens to sabotage his career. Nonetheless, Anthony makes his peace with Brita, and the two actors star in a new Broadway staging of Othello. The play is a hit, running over 300 performances, but the pressures of portraying a man moved to murder by jealousy takes its toll on Anthony. In a fit of delirium, he strangles his casual mistress, Pat (Shelley Winters), but retains no memory of the awful crime. Press agent Bill Friend (Edmond O'Brien), unaware that Anthony is the killer, uses Pat's murder as publicity for Othello. Anthony becomes enraged at this cheap ploy, and attacks Friend. At this point, Anthony realizes that he has been living "a double life" and is in fact Pat's murderer. A Double Life was written for the screen by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, who occasionally digress from the melodramatic plotline to include a few backstage inside jokes. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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