By Candlelight (Blu-ray)
Universal’s finest horror director James Whale (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House) brilliantly shifted genres with the dazzling Pre-Code romantic comedy By Candlelight. Josef (Paul Lukas, The Kiss Before the Mirror) is the ultra-dutiful butler to a Casanova-like prince (Nils Asther, The Bitter Tea of General Yen). Falling in love with Marie (Elissa Landi, The Sign of the Cross), whom he assumes to be a countess, Josef masquerades—quite convincingly—as his rakish master. The catch: Marie is herself a poseur, a mere maidservant of nobility. Based on P.G. Wodehouse’s (Anything Goes) adaptation of a Siegfried Geyer play, By Candlelight is a delightfully sophisticated farce of class privilege and mistaken identity that ranks as one of Whale’s most extraordinary achievements.
Digitally Restored by Universal Pictures in 4K from 35mm Original Film Elements
NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Troy Howarth
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
- James Whale - Director
- Elissa Landi - Actor
- Paul Lukas - Actor
- Nils Asther - Actor
- Dorothy Revier - Actor
- Esther Ralston - Actor
- Lawrence Grant - Actor
- Warburton Gamble - Actor
- Lois January - Actor
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