What a Night! (1928 film)

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What a Night!
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Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Written by
Story by
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring
Cinematography Edward Cronjager
Edited by Doris Drought
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 1928 (1928-12-22)
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited 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]

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Plot

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

Preservation status

This is one of Bebe Daniels's many lost Paramount films. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: What a Night at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "What a Night (1928)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (December 24, 1928). "Dream of Love (1928) The Screen; Military Academy Students. The Jinx". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ What a Night! at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928


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