Harvey

Director: Henry Koster

Overview

"Released in 1950, Harvey's exploration of a loveable loon who prefers hanging around bars with a giant invisible rabbit to leading a ""normal, responsible"" life remains as timely as it is entertaining. Highlighted by an utterly perfect, low-key performa

Product Details

Release Date:	01/02/2002
UPC:	0025192033636
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Full Frame]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	1,174

Special Features

Special introduction by film star Jimmy Stewart with photographic montage; Theatrical trailer; Production notes on the making of the film; Cast and filmmakers' biographies and film highlights

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Stewart	Elwood P. Dowd
Josephine Hull	Veta Louise Simmons
Charles Drake	Dr. Sanderson
Jesse White	Wilson
William Lynn	Judge Gaffney
Cecil Kellaway	Dr. Chumley
Peggy Dow	Miss Kelly
Victoria Horne	Myrtle Mae
Wallace Ford	Lofgren
Nana Bryant	Mrs. Chumley
Grace Mills	Mrs. Chauvenet
Clem Bevans	Herman
Ida Moore	Mrs. McGiff
Dick Wessel	Cracker
Pat Flaherty	Policeman
Norman Leavitt	Cab Driver
Maudie Prickett	Elvira
Edwin Max	Salesman
Minerva Urecal	Nurse Dunphy
Almira Sessions	Mrs. Halsey
Anne O'Neal	Nurse
Sally Corner	Mrs. Cummings
Sam Wolfe	Minninger
Polly Bailey	Mrs. Krausmeyer
Grayce Hampton	Mrs. Strickleberger
Ruthelma Stevens	Miss LaFay
Eula Guy	Mrs. Johnson
William Val	Chauffeur
Gino Corrado	Eccentric Man
Don Brodie	Mailman
Harry Hines	Meegels
Aileen Carlyle	Mrs. Tewksbury
Frank Skinner	Composer

Technical Credits

Mary Chase

Oscar Brodney

Mary Chase	Screenwriter
Oscar Brodney	Screenwriter
Brock Pemberton	Producer
John Beck	Producer

Scene Index

Chapter List
0. Chapter List
1. Main titles [1:07]
2. Elwood [:29]
3. Elwood's afternoon [5:33]
4. The reception [2:04]
5. Chumley's rest [2:33]
6. A mistake [4:30]
7. Mrs. Chumley [3:43]
8. A pooka [2:46]
9. Veta comes home [6:42]
10. Myrtle's in love [1:01]
11. Family portrait [6:08]
12. Dr. Sanderson [2:17]
13. At Charlie's [4:40]
14. About Harvey [1:36]
15. Dr. Chumley [1:49]
16. The truth [:25]
17. Formula 977 [4:28]
18. End titles [2:00]

Menu

Main
Menu Group #1 with 19 chapter(s) covering 01:44:11
Bonus Material
special introduction by film star Jimmy Stewert with photographic montage
Theatrical Trailer
Production Notes
Cast And Filmmakers
James Stewert
Josephine Hull
Charles Drake
Cecil Kellaway
Jesse White
Victoria Horne
Wallace Ford
Peggy Dow
Henry Koster
Recommendations
Languages
Spoken Language
English
Español
Captions & Subtitles
English
Français
Play

Editorial Reviews

Whimsy is an extremely difficult quality to capture onscreen, but it's done quite adroitly in Harvey, the beguiling 1950 adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. James Stewart, tackling a difficult role with aplomb, is positively enchanting as Elwood P. Dowd, the affable inebriate whose constant companion is -- according to him, anyway -- a six-foot-plus rabbit named Harvey. Elwood's intransigence on this point arouses the ire of his sister (Josephine Hull, reprising her Broadway role), who attempts to have him committed. Also reprising their stage characterizations are winsome Victoria Horne -- excellent as Elwood's timid niece -- and blustery Jesse White as an asylum attendant. Director Henry Koster (Flower Drum Song) guides his cast with a gentle hand, restraining them only when the script's flights of fancy threaten to undermine the film's effectiveness. He needn't have worried, though: Stewart's boundless charm and effortless trouping keep Harvey firmly on track, making it one of the era's most gentle, delightful movie comedies. Universal's remastered DVD release sports an introduction to the film by Stewart himself, along with production notes, cast and crew bios, and the original theatrical trailer.