Remember the Night
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| Remember the Night (1940) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Produced by | Mitchell Leisen Albert Lewis |
| Written by | Preston Sturges (screenplay) |
| Starring | Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Sterling Holloway |
| Music by | Frederick Hollander |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Editing by | Doane Harrison |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 9, 1940 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English |
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Directed by Mitchell Leisen, Remember the Night (1940) stars Barbara Stanwyck as Lee Leander, a shoplifter who is arrested during the Christmas holidays after attempting to steal jewelry from a jewelry shop. Fred MacMurray portrays Assistant District Attorney John Sargeant, who has the job of prosecuting her. Her trial date is right after Christmas, and rather than have her spend the holidays in jail and interrupt his vacation, he has the trial delayed until afterwards. Discovering that she is a fellow Hoosier from Indiana, he offers to drop her off at her parents' house on his way to visit his mother (Beulah Bondi), cousin Willie (Sterling Holloway), and aunt (Elizabeth Patterson). When her mother rejects her for her past crimes, John brings Lee to his family's house, where she is warmly received. During the course of the holiday season, John and Lee fall in love, much to the shock of his mother. On the way back through Canada (an earlier escapade with the law in Pennsylvania forced the couple to return to the US a different way), John offers Lee a chance to escape, and she must decide whether or not to do so.
[edit] Trivia
- This film was the only one Stanwyck made in 1940. Originally she was to make a romantic film with Joel McCrea following the completion of Remember the Night, but came down with a serious eye infection and had to withdraw from the project.
- This was the first film where Stanwyck and MacMurray appeared together. Later they would be teamed in the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944) directed by Billy Wilder.
