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The Night of Nights (1939)

The Heart-throb story of a Broadway HIT - and a Miss!

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 26M

Director : Lewis Milestone
Writer : Donald Ogden Stewart

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Pat O’Brien
Pat O’Brien
Dan O'Farrell
Olympe Bradna
Olympe Bradna
Marie Alyce O'Farrell
Roland Young
Roland Young
Barry Keith-Trimble
Reginald Gardiner
Reginald Gardiner
J. Neville Prime
George E. Stone
George E. Stone
Sammy Kayn
Sue Moore
Sue Moore
2nd Maid (uncredited)

Crews

Lewis Milestone
Lewis Milestone
Director
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
William LeBaron
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
Leo Tover
Leo Tover
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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