The Night of Nights (1939)
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
Director:
Lewis Milestone
Writer:
Donald Ogden Stewart
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Pat O'Brien as Dan O'Farrell |
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Olympe Bradna as Marie Alyce O'Farrell |
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Roland Young as Barry Keith-Trimble |
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Reginald Gardiner as J. Neville Prime |
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George E. Stone as Sammy Kayn |
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Murray Alper as Muggins |
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Wyndham Standing as Naval Commander (uncredited) |
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Theodore von Eltz as John (uncredited) |
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Frank Melton as Newcomb, the Author (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Harlan as Actor (uncredited) |
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Baldwin Cooke as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Aileen Pringle as Dress Saleslady (uncredited) |
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Oscar O'Shea as Mr. Conway (uncredited) |
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Richard Denning as Call Boy (uncredited) |
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D'Arcy Corrigan as Actor (uncredited) |
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Frank Shannon as Frank, the Bartender (uncredited) |
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Doodles Weaver as Flower Delivery Man (uncredited) |
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Ethan Laidlaw as Roustabout in Play (uncredited) |
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Carol Holloway as 1st Maid (uncredited) |
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Sue Moore as 2nd Maid (uncredited) |
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Edmund Mortimer as Lamb's Club Member (uncredited) |
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C.L. Sherwood as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Frank Sully as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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John Sheehan as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Russ Powell as Pop, the Doorman (uncredited) |
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Helene Millard as Perfume Saleslady (uncredited) |
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Tom Dugan as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Pat O'Malley as Actor (uncredited) |
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Mary Gordon as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) |
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Dorothea Wolbert as 2nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) |
| Camera | Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |
| Directing | Lewis Milestone | Director |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |