DVD & Blu-ray: HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937) Starring Jean Arthur and Charles Boyer

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Product Description: The chemistry crackles between Jean Arthur and Charles Boyer in this sublime, swooning romance by Frank Borzage Suffused with intoxicating romanticism, History Is Made at Night is a sublime paean to love from Frank Borzage, classic Hollywood’s supreme poet of carnal and spiritual desire.

On the run through Europe from her wealthy, cruelly possessive husband, an American (Jean Arthur) is thrown together by fate with a suave stranger (Charles Boyer)—and soon the two are bound in a consuming, seemingly impossible affair that stretches across continents and brings them to the very edge of catastrophe.

Lent a palpable erotic charge by the chemistry between its leads, this delirious vision of lovers beset by the world passes through a dizzying array of tonal shifts—from melodrama to romantic comedy to noir to disaster thriller—smoothly guided by Borzage’s unwavering allegiance to the power of love.

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Director: Frank Borzage

Starring: Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo

Genre: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 97 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: April 13, 2021

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DVD - Criterion Collection

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Region: Region A/1

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DVD: Dolby Digital Mono
Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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DVD: English SDH

Blu-ray: English SDH

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New conversation between author Hervé Dumont and film historian Peter Cowie
Interview from 2019 with critic Farran Smith Nehme about director Frank Borzage's obsession with romantic love
Audio excerpts of a 1958 interview with Borzage from the collection of the George Eastman Museum
Radio adaptation of the film from 1940, broadcast by The Screen Guild Theater and starring Charles Boyer
New program about the restoration
PLUS: An essay by critic Dan Callahan