The story of Temple Drake [blu-ray]

Loosely adapted from William Faulkner's controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers' hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.

General Note:

Title and credits from screen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1933.

From the novel: Sanctuary / William Faulkner.

Full screen (1.33:1).

Special edition features: Casting a shadow (new program featuring a conversation between cinematographer John Bailey and Matt Severson, director of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, about the film's visual style, as well as archival materials relating to its production); Pre-code powerhouse (new program featuring critic Imogen Sara Smith on the complexity of the film and its central performance by Miriam Hopkins); Honest expression (new interview with critic Mick LaSalle about the film, censorship, and the Production Code); plus: an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.

Performers:

Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack La Rue, Florence Eldridge, Sir Guy Standing, Irving Pichel, Jobyna Howland and William Collier, Jr.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray; region A; full screen (1.33:1); LPCM 1.0 mono; requires Blu-ray player.

Accessibility Note:

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Subject Term:

Women -- Drama.

Revenge -- Drama.

Rape -- Drama.

Gangsters -- Southern States -- Drama.

Prostitution -- Southern States -- Drama.