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The Night of Nights

The Heart-throb story of a Broadway HIT - and a Miss!
Dec 1, 1939 · 1h 26m
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Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Pat O'Brien
Dan O'Farrell
Olympe Bradna
Marie Alyce O'Farrell
Roland Young
Barry Keith-Trimble
Reginald Gardiner
J. Neville Prime
George E. Stone
Sammy Kayn
Murray Alper
Muggins
Wyndham Standing
Naval Commander (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
John (uncredited)
Directed by Lewis Milestone

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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