Country: USA
Year: 1932
Duration: 90'


Program notes:This is the Night was inspired by a French play, Pouche, adapted by Avery Hopwood under the title Naughty Cinderella. It marked Cary Grant's feature film debut, giving him the opportunity of singing his opening lines in a role as the javelin-thrower husband of Thelma Todd. Roland Young plays an unmarried philanderer who hires Lily Damita to pose as his wife while he conducts a flirtation with Todd. Made before Love Me Tonight, the film shows the influence of René Clair, particularly in its use of rhyming and singing dialogue. Especially delightful is the number "Madame has lost her dress", which is broadcast from the Eiffel Tower and sung by the Paris populace after Todd loses her dress in a car door. The film is reminiscent of Lubitsch and his approach to the battle of the sexes. It is interesting to see this film in light of the left-wing turn Tuttle's career took in the 40's with Hostages and This Gun for Hire. Our new print reproduces the lavender blue tinted night sequences of the original prints. (Gerard Dessere)

Biography

film director

Frank Tuttle

Cast

& Credits

Director: Frank Tuttle.
Screenplay: George Marion Jr. e Benjamin Glazer, ispirata alla commedia francese Pouche di René Peter ed Henry Falk e adattata da Avery Hopwood con il titolo di Naughty Cinderella.
Director of photography: Victor Milner.
Cast: Lily Damita, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd, Cary Grant.
Production company: Paramount Picture.

Conservazione e restauro: Realizzati dall'UCLA su una copia al nitrato colorata e su materiale positivo originale a grana fine; finanziamenti dalla David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
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