That Hamilton woman [videorecording] / Janus Films ; Granada International ; Alexander Korda Films, Inc. ; original screen play by Walter Reisch and R.C. Sherriff ; photographed by Rudolph Maté ; produced and directed by Alexander Korda.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Special ed., full screen.
Publisher:
itv Golbal Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wilcoxon, Heather Angel, Halliwell Hobbes, Gilbert Emery, Miles Mander, Ronald Sinclair, Luis Alberni, Norma Drury, Olaf Hytten, Juliette Compton, Guy Kingsford. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941 in the United Kingdom. Special features: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer; Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie; "Alexander Korda presents" a 1941 promotional radio piece for the film; "Michael Korda" new video interview with author and editor, Michael Korda, Alexander's nephew, who discusses growing up in the Korda family and the making of That Hamilton woman; Theatrical trailer. Booklet: Essay "That Hamilton woman" by film critic Molly Haskell.
Summary:
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century. Emma Hart is a beautiful dance hall girl who is sent by her latest lover to stay with his uncle Sir William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Sir William considers Emma a rare piece of art he must possess. Sir William introduces Emma to Naples' elite society and she soon marries him. Later, Horatio Nelson, a famous English Naval office arrives. Soon, a scandalous, adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer and the renowned beauty, Emma begins.
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