The Night of Nights (1939)
1h 26m
Running Time
December 1, 1939Release Date
The Night of Nights (1939)
1h 26m
Running Time
December 1, 1939Release Date
Network & Production Companies

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 & Crew.

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)

Gene Clark
3rd Acrobat

Frank Melton
Newcomb, the Author (uncredited)

Russell Collier
1st Attendant

Kenneth Harlan
Actor (uncredited)

Baldwin Cooke
Waiter (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle
Dress Saleslady (uncredited)

Oscar O'Shea
Mr. Conway (uncredited)

Richard Denning
Call Boy (uncredited)

George M. Arthur
Producer

D'Arcy Corrigan
Actor (uncredited)

Victor Young
Composer

Frank Shannon
Frank, the Bartender (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver
Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)

Doane Harrison
Editor

Ethan Laidlaw
Roustabout in Play (uncredited)

Carol Holloway
1st Maid (uncredited)
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
The Night of Nights is a 1939 black-and-white drama film written by Donald Ogden Stewart and directed by Lewis Milestone for Paramount Pictures that starred Pat O'Brien, Olympe Bradna, and Roland Young.
The film received positive contemporary reviews from publications such as The New York Times. Director Milestone went on to other successful productions after the film came out, including Ocean's 11 and Pork Chop Hill.