Midnight (1939) |
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| Director(s) | Mitchell Leisen |
| Producer(s) | William LeBaron (uncredited), Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Screwball Comedy |
Featured Cast of Midnight See More »
Claudette Colbert
(as Eve Peabody aka Barone...)
Don Ameche
(as Tibor Czerny)
John Barrymore
(as Georges Flammarion)
Francis Lederer
(as Jacques Picot)
Mary Astor
(as Helene Flammarion)
Rex O'Malley
(as Marcel Renaud)
Monty Woolley
(as The Judge)
William Hopper
(as Flammarions' Party Gue...)
Midnight Overview:
Midnight (1939) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Mitchell Leisen and produced by William LeBaron and Arthur Hornblow Jr..
Midnight was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2013.
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Watching 1939: Midnight (1939)
In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article
Midnight Special (2016): A Story of Parenthood
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Watching 1939: Midnight Shadow (1939)
In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, th... Read full article
Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles)
Chimes at Midnight opens with Orson Welles and Alan Webb, both aged men in the Medieval Ages, bumbling (probably at least somewhat drunkenly) in for the night; they sit at a fire and gently reminisce about their youth. The scene gives a first look at screenwriter, director, star Welles in all his gi... Read full article
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Midnight Quotes:
Eve Peabody: You're magnificent.
Helene Flammarion: You're talking across the board.
Eve Peabody: [Referring to Jacques' dislike of Helene's feathered hat] Naturally, when you're worrying about the future of the ostrich plume.
Helene Flammarion: I don't think that's very funny.
Jacques Picot: I do.
Eve Peabody: Well, thanks.
Train guard: Yes, madame.
Eve Peabody: Well, from here it looks an awful lot like a rainy night in Kokomo, Indiana.
Eve Peabody: With me?
Marcel: Yes, with you.
Eve Peabody: I thought so. Well, all right, let's get it over with.