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- Although Night After Night is not a comedy, it has many comedic moments, especially with the comic relief of West, who plays a supporting role in her screen debut.
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Night After Night: Directed by Archie Mayo. With George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West. A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Archie Mayo
- 1932-10-30
Although Night After Night is not a comedy, it has many comedic moments, especially with the comic relief of West, who plays a supporting role in her screen debut.
Night After Night (1932) In director Archie Mayo's saucy pre-Code comedy/drama, noted for Mae West's supporting role performance in her first talking film as a bawdy, wise-cracking gangster's moll - with frequent double-entendres:
Night After Night (1932) - Directed by Archie Mayo, produced by William LeBaron and starring George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Louis Calhern, Bradley Page,and more...
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- Archie Mayo
- George Raft, Mae West, Alison Skipworth
- William LeBaron (uncredited)
- Proof That It’S Pre-Code
- Night After Night: The Mob Mentality
- Trivia & Links
- Awards, Accolades & Availability
“Why that dumb cluck!”George Raft awakens and undresses to bathe. We see a lot of him. Llllladies.This film is set in a speakeasy, and, boy, does it. Iris appears in the first act bragging about having had three cocktails before breakfast.“Beat it, dear, I have to get dressed.” “What of it?”“Speaking of flowers, Joe, just what kind would you prefer?” “Oh, anything at all is fine except pansies.”Plenty of homosexual undertones. Besides a shot of two women sharing a cigarette as well as a glance, Karns’ sidekick acts like a moody lover to Raft most of the film. On the other end of the spect...I don’t get to toss out the word ‘bawdy’ nearly often enough for my taste, but Night After Night, one of the exemplars of pre-Code Paramount’s saucy mixture of class, crime and canoodling, definitely earns that moniker. And judging from the reviews I found (or, to be more precise, couldn’t find), it is woefully underseen. George Raft, riding high a...
From AFI’s film notes: the film’s prologue was originally longer, with the entire history of the house portrayed from it being new to its eventual dilapidated state (further emphasizing the direnes...
This film is available through the Universal Vault Series on Amazon.If you doubt this, check out Night After Night, her film debut. The first half of the picture is an unremarkable gangster comedy: George Raft in his usual inert form, Constance Cummings the good girl, capable comic support from Roscoe Karns and Alison Skipworth.
Although Night After Night is not a comedy, it has many comedic moments, especially with the comic relief of West, who plays a supporting role in her screen debut. West portrays a fictionalized version of Texas Guinan and the film remains primarily remembered as the launching pad for her career.
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