Midnight
Summary:
Paramount's screwball comedy Midnight is the first collaboration between director Mitchell Leisen and screenwriting duo Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. The film merges Brackett and Wilder's early emphasis on repartee and masquerade with ex-costume designer Leisen's flair for high style and sophistication. American Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert), a wil... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Claudette Colbert - (Eve Peabody/"Baroness Czerny")
Don Ameche - (Tibor Czerny)
John Barrymore - (George Flammarion)
Francis Lederer - (Jacques Picot)
Mary Astor - (Helen Flammarion)
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Review:
The original title of this -Cinderella-inspired screwball comedy was Careless Rapture, a heading that signified the devil-may-care euphoria long distinctive of its genre. However, when Paramount released the picture in 1939, its filmmakers had changed its name to Midnight -- the historic hour that Cinderella's party ended -- and s... Continue >>
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