Night Club Scandal

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Night Club Scandal
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Screenplay by Lillie Hayward
Produced by William LeBaron
Starring John Barrymore
Lynne Overman
Louise Campbell
Charles Bickford
Harvey Stephens
J. Carrol Naish
Evelyn Brent
Cinematography Leo Tover
Edited by Archie Marshek
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 1937 (1937-11-11)(New York) [1]
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Night Club Scandal is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Lillie Hayward, based on a play by Daniel Nathan Rubin. [2] The film stars John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Louise Campbell, Charles Bickford, Harvey Stephens, J. Carrol Naish and Evelyn Brent. It was released on November 11, 1937 by Paramount Pictures. [3] [1]

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Plot

After murdering his unfaithful wife in his apartment, Dr. Ernest Tindal leaves before his wife's lover Frank discovers the body. Frank panics and flees, leaving his fingerprints. He is arrested, convicted and condemned to die.

A newspaper reporter, Kirk, and a police captain, McKinley, continue to investigate. Kirk becomes attracted to Vera, the suspect's sister. They successfully prove that Frank was falsely accused while Tindal conspires with gangsters Jack and Julia Reed, hoping to escape implication in the crime. Tindal shoots Jack but is taken into custody by McKinley.

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Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Bosley Crowther called Night Club Scandal a "workmanlike and reasonably exciting melodrama" and wrote:

The screen's finest Westphalian is still being purveyed by John Barrymore ... The role is merely a quoditian chore for John, but he brings it to a Barrymore-ish dignity, authority and presence which add immeasurably to its dramatic effectiveness. Though not especially "ambitious" in a productional sense, the film itself—largely in consequence—may be counted among the more tolerable of recent corpse operas. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Crowther, Bosley (1937-11-12). "The Screen". The New York Times . p. 27.
  2. "Night Club Scandal (1937)".
  3. "Night Club Scandal (1937) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-03-21.