All I Desire [Blu-ray]

Director: Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk

Overview

All I Desire an early exercise in Douglas Sirk Baroque, is set at the turn of the century. Long divorced from her husband Richard Carlson, itinerant actress Barbara Stanwyck returns to her home town to watch her daughter perform in a high school play. Stanwyck decides to turn over a new leaf and devote herself to the daughter she's never known. This she finds next to impossible, thanks to ugly small-town gossip attending her return. The film was obviously building up to an unhappy ending, but producer Ross Hunter intervened, tacking on an unbelievably upbeat denouement. This artistic outrage evidently didn't hurt Hunter's relationship with director Douglas Sirk, inasmuch as the two would continue to successfully collaborate in the future. All I Desire is based on a novel by Carol Brink.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/25/2020
UPC:	0738329249298
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:20:00
Sales rank:	29,129

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Barbara Stanwyck	Naomi Murdoch
Maureen O'Sullivan	Sara Harper
Richard Carlson	Henry Murdoch
Lyle Bettger	Dutch Heinemann
Marcia Henderson	Joyce Murdoch
Lori Nelson	Lily Murdoch
Richard Long	Russ Underwood
Billy Gray	Ted Murdoch
Lotte Stein	Lena Engstrom,Composer
Dayton Lummis	Col. Underwood
Fred Nurney	Peterson
Guy Williams	Ticket Taker
Charles Hand	Actor
Brett Halsey	Actor
Joseph Gershenson	Composer

Technical Credits

James Gunn

Gina Kaus

Douglas Sirk	Director
Ross Hunter	Producer
James Gunn	Screenwriter
Gina Kaus	Screenwriter