What a Night! (1928 film)
| What a Night! | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
| Written by | Louise Long Herman J. Mankiewicz (intertitles) |
| Story by | Lloyd Corrigan Grover Jones |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | Doris Drought |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
What a Night! is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The romantic comedy was written by Louise Long, from a story by Lloyd Corrigan and Grover Jones. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, and William Austin.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Daniels, in her final silent film,[3] plays Dorothy Winston, an heiress who sets out to become a newspaper reporter. When she breaks a big story, she finds herself in peril.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Winston
- Neil Hamilton as Joe Madison
- William Austin as Percy Penfield
- Wheeler Oakman as Mike Corney
- Charles Sellon as Editor Madison
- Charles Hill Mailes as Patterson
- Ernie Adams as Snarky
Preservation status
[edit]This is one of Bebe Daniels's one of many lost Paramount films.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: What a Night at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "What a Night (1928)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (December 24, 1928). "Dream of Love (1928) The Screen; Military Academy Students. The Jinx". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ What a Night! at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928 Retrieved November 18, 2022.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to What a Night! (1928 film).
- What a Night! at IMDb
- What a Night! at AllMovie
- conventional Lobby poster
- Still at silenthollywood.com