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.