Movie Cosmos - Remember the Night

Description:

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Top Cast >

Barbara Stanwyck

As Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

Fred MacMurray

As Jack Sargent

Beulah Bondi

As Mrs. Sargent

Elizabeth Patterson

As Aunt Emma "Emmie"

Willard Robertson

As Francis X. O'Leary

Sterling Holloway

As Willie Simms

Charles Waldron

As Judge in New York

Paul Guilfoyle

As District Attorney

Charles Arnt

As Tom

John Wray

As Hank

Thomas W. Ross

As Mr. Emory

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

As Rufus

Tom Kennedy

As 'Fat' Mike

Georgia Caine

As Lee's Mother, Mrs. Malone

Virginia Brissac

As Mrs. Emory

Spencer Charters

As Judge at Rummage Sale

Jean Acker

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker

As Customs Official (uncredited)

John Beck

As Lee's Stepfather (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Avril Cameron

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Chester Clute

As Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)

Frank Conklin

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Harry Depp

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Edmund Elton

As Minister (uncredited)

Julia Faye

As Jury Member (uncredited)

James Flavin

As Court Attendant (uncredited)

George Guhl

As Court Guard (uncredited)

Beth Hartman

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Fuzzy Knight

As Bandleader at Barn Dance (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence

As Townswoman at Rummage Sale (uncredited)

Kate Drain Lawson

As Jail Matron (uncredited)

Martha Mears

As Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

George Melford

As Brian the Bailiff (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Bernard Suss

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Julius Tannen

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Florence Wix

As Judge's Wife (uncredited)

James Carlisle

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

William A. Boardway

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

As Court Reporter (uncredited)

Roy Crane

As Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Jon Dodson

As Nightclub Singer #3 (uncredited)

Harry Evans

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bud Linn

As Nightclub Singer #4 (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Earl Pingree

As Jury Member (uncredited)

Paul Power

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Rad Robinson

As Nightclub Singer #2 (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

As Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Katherine Yorke

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Mitchell Leisen

Director, Producer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Edith Head

Costume Design

Roland Anderson

Art Direction

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Doane Harrison

Editor

Preston Sturges

Screenplay

Ted Tetzlaff

Director of Photography

Dorothy Ponedel

Makeup Artist

Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

Earl S. Hayman

Sound Recordist

A. E. Freudeman

Interior Designer, Set Decoration

Hal Walker

Assistant Director

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

LeRoy Prinz

Choreographer

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

Friedrich Hollaender

Original Music Composer

Eugene Joseff

Other

Irvin Talbot

Conductor

Charles Bradshaw

Orchestrator

John Zinn

Casting

Albert Lewis

Producer

Reviews:

John Chard (8/10)

You don't have to be a horse to judge a horse show.

Remember the Night is directed by Mitchell Leisen and written by Preston Sturges. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson and Sterling Holloway. Music is by Friedrich Hollaender and cinematography by Ted Tetzlaff.

A lovely heart warming tale for the Yuletide season, story pitches Stanwyck as a lady thief and MacMurray as the prosecutor who takes pity on her and takes her home to meet his family. Back stories are revealed and the chemistry between the two principals is palpable. The genius pen of Sturges provides much humour, romance and family values, while Leisen smartly directs his cast to bonzer performances. Also of note is that the director never lets the film slip into deep treacle territory, getting the various balances just right.

A must see Christmas movie across the board. 8/10

2015-12-27