Midnight (1939)


Midnight
Release Date15 March 1939
GenreComedy, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish, French
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassScrewball Comedy
ThemesCinderella Stories
TonesHumorous, Literate, Witty, Wry, Silly
TagsAristocrat, Cab Driver, Deception, Forbidden Love, Gigolo, Husband, Impersonation, Jealousy, Love, Lover, Masquerade, Problems, Romance, Showgirl, Taxi, Wife

Midnight is a 1939 romantic comedy (with some elements of screwball comedy) directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz. It starred Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche and John Barrymore.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Eve Peabody aka Baroness Czerny

Tibor Czerny

Georges Flammarion

Jacques Picot

Helene Flammarion

Simone

Stephanie

Rex O'Malley
Marcel

The Judge

Lebon

Eugene Borden
Porter

Paul Bryar
Porter

André Cheron
Train Watchman

Eddie Conrad
Prince Potopienko

Gino Corrado
Taxi Driver

Gennaro Curci
Majordomo

Billy Daniel
Roger - Stephanie's Gigolo

Leander De Cordova
Footman

Joe De Stefani
Head Porter

Carlos De Valdez
Butler

Elspeth Dudgeon
Stephanie's Party Guest with Dog

William Eddritt
Footman

Stephanie's Party Guest

Room Clerk

Robert Graves
Doorman

Sam Harris
Stephanie's Party Guest

Flammarions' Party Guest

Judith King
Girl

Max Lucke
Doorman

Stephanie's Party Guest

Louis Mercier
Piano Playing Cabbie

Bert Moorhouse
Flammarions' Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer
Stephanie's Party Guest

Ferdinand Munier
Stephanie's Majordomo

Woman's Escort

Lionel Pape
Edouart

Donald Reed
Ferdinand - Eve's Chauffer

Joseph Romantini
Footman

Policeman

Larry Steers
Stephanie's Party Guest

Helen St. Rayner
The Coloratura

Leonard Sues
Bellboy

Party Guest

Florence Wix
Flammarions' Party Guest

Director

Writer

Charles Brackett

Edwin Justus Mayer

Franz Schulz

Producer

William LeBaron
executive producer

Original Music

Friedrich Hollaender

Cinematographer

Editor

Doane Harrison
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Art Director

Robert Usher
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Costume Designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Hal Walker
assistant director, second unit director

Art Department

A.E. Freudeman
interior decorator

Sound Department

John Cope
sound recordist

Charles Hisserich
sound recordist

Special Effects

Farciot Edouart
special photographic effects

Music Department

Leo Shuken
orchestrator

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

MCA/Universal Pictures

Hosh Posh Video
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MCA/Universal Home Video

Madacy Entertainment

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Universal Studios






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Films directed by Mitchell Leisen
Bedevilled (1955)
Cradle Song (1933)
Dream Girl (1948)
Easy Living (1937)
Kitty (1945)
Midnight