That Hamilton Woman! (1941) - Sep. 8 from Criterion

[srowley75]

http://www.criterion.com/films/3559

One of cinema’s most dashing duos, real-life spouses Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier enact their greatest on-screen romance in this visually dazzling tragic love story from legendary producer-director Alexander Korda. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth century, That Hamilton Woman is a gripping account of the scandalous adulterous affair between the British Royal Navy officer Lord Horatio Nelson and the renowned beauty Lady Emma Hamilton, the wife of a British ambassador. With its grandly designed sea battles and formidable star performances, Korda’s film (Winston Churchill’s favorite movie, which he claimed to have seen over eighty times) brings history to vivid, glamorous life.

Disc Features

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* Audio commentary featuring noted film historian Ian Christie
* 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
* Alexander Korda Presents, a 1942 promotional radio piece for the film
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Molly Haskell

[MissGoddess]

I'm really looking forward to this release because as you say, the movie is just so visually stunning with it's
lavish sets and even more lavish costumes. I think this is Vivien Leigh's other "beauty" movie---she never looked
more exquisite aside from GWTW. And she does a good job playign a character at two extremes---but I won't
give it away for those who haven't seen it.

Her movies get released so slowly to DVD, except of course the obvious GWTW, that it's a rare treat indeed
we should see one of them get the Criterion treatment.