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'''''Everything Happens at Night''''' is a 1939 American drama-comedy film starring [[Sonja Henie]], [[Ray Milland]] and [[Robert Cummings]]. |
'''''Everything Happens at Night''''' is a 1939 American drama-comedy film starring [[Sonja Henie]], [[Ray Milland]] and [[Robert Cummings]].<ref>Everything Happens at Night |
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* [[John Bleifer]] as Second Sled Driver |
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In April 1939 Fox announced the film as part of its slate for the following year. It was based on an original screenplay and was a different type of Sonja Henie vehicle as the storyline was mor serious.<ref>FILM STUDIO TO OFFSET EUROPEAN MARKET LOSS: Program of 52 Pictures for Year Announced by 20th Century-Fox |
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Los Angeles Times (1 Apr 1939: A16. </ref> Richard Greene was originally announced for the role of the English reporter.<ref>DRAMA: 'Cause for Alarm' New Metro Adventure Yarn |
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Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 26 July 1939: 13. </ref> Ray Milland was borrowed from Paramount to play the rival reporter.<ref>DRAMA Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]01 Aug 1939: 13. </ref> Greene was delayed working on ''[[Little Old New York]]'' do Fox borrowed Robert Cummings from Universal. |
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Filming started in September. [[Gregory Ratoff]] had to direct some skating sequences because director Irving Cummins was pulled on to ''Johnny Apollo''.<ref>DRAMA: Los Angeles Times (124 Oct 1939: 16. </ref> |
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==References== |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* {{IMDb title|id=0031285}} |
* {{IMDb title|id=0031285}} |
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* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74281/Everything-Happens-at-Night/ |
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74281/Everything-Happens-at-Night/] at [[TCMDB]] |
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*[https://letterboxd.com/film/everything-happens-at-night/ Everything Happens at Night] at Letterbox DVD |
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*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9add48 Everything Happens at Night] at BFI |
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| Everything Happens at Night | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Art Arthur Robert Harari F. Scott Fitzgerald (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown (associate producer) |
| Starring | Sonja Henie Ray Milland Robert Cummings |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager Lucien N. Andriot (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Everything Happens at Night is a 1939 American drama-comedy film starring Sonja Henie, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings.[1]
Plot
Ray Milland and Robert Cummings play competing newspaper reporters, in Switzerland, on the trail of the Nobel Prize winner Dr Norden. Norden was supposed to have been killed in Germany. Each reporter meets, and falls in love with, a young woman, played by Sonja Henie, who turns out to be Norden's daughter living under an assumed name. Their discovery of her father brings the Gestapo.
Cast
- Sonja Henie as Louise Norden
- Ray Milland as Geoffrey Thompson
- Robert Cummings as Ken Morgan
- Maurice Moscovitch as Dr Hugo Norden
- Leonid Kinskey as Groder
- Alan Dinehart as Fred Sherwood
- Fritz Feld as Gendarme
- Jody Gilbert as Hilda
- Victor Varconi as Cavas
- William Edmunds as Hotel Clerk
- George Davis as Bellhop
- Paul Porcasi as Pierre - Bartender
- Michael Visaroff as Otto - Woodcutter
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft as Woodcutter's Wife
- Christian Rub as Telegrapher
- Ferdinand Munier as Conductor
- Holmes Herbert as Featherstone
- Rolfe Sedan as Waiter
- Frank Reicher as Pharmacist
- John Bleifer as Second Sled Driver
Production
In April 1939 Fox announced the film as part of its slate for the following year. It was based on an original screenplay and was a different type of Sonja Henie vehicle as the storyline was mor serious.[2] Richard Greene was originally announced for the role of the English reporter.[3] Ray Milland was borrowed from Paramount to play the rival reporter.[4] Greene was delayed working on Little Old New York do Fox borrowed Robert Cummings from Universal.
Filming started in September. Gregory Ratoff had to direct some skating sequences because director Irving Cummins was pulled on to Johnny Apollo.[5]
References
- ^ Everything Happens at Night Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 7, Iss. 73, (Jan 1, 1940): 38.
- ^ FILM STUDIO TO OFFSET EUROPEAN MARKET LOSS: Program of 52 Pictures for Year Announced by 20th Century-Fox Los Angeles Times (1 Apr 1939: A16.
- ^ DRAMA: 'Cause for Alarm' New Metro Adventure Yarn Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 26 July 1939: 13.
- ^ DRAMA Los Angeles Times (1923-1995); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]01 Aug 1939: 13.
- ^ DRAMA: Los Angeles Times (124 Oct 1939: 16.
External links
- Everything Happens at Night at IMDb
- [1] at TCMDB
- Everything Happens at Night at Letterbox DVD
- Everything Happens at Night at BFI
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