One New York Night

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One New York Night
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Directed by Jack Conway
Screenplay byFrank Davis
Based onOrder, Please
1934 play
by Edward Childs Carpenter
Sorry You've Been Troubled
1929 play
by Walter C. Hackett
Produced byBernard H. Hyman
Starring Franchot Tone
Una Merkel
Conrad Nagel
Harvey Stephens
Steffi Duna
Charles Starrett
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by Tom Held
Production
company
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date
  • March 3, 1935 (1935-03-03)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

One New York Night (also released as The Trunk Mystery) is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [1] [2] It was based on the West End play Sorry You've Been Troubled by Walter C. Hackett, which had previously been made into the 1932 British film Life Goes On .

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Plot summary

Cast

Reception

Writing for The Spectator , Graham Greene praised the film as "a comedy of astonishing intelligence and finish". Greene emphasized the "witty dialogue, [and] the quick intelligent acting" of Tone and Merkel, commenting that the film felt "[bathed] in an atmosphere fantastic, daring and pleasantly heartless". [3]

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References

  1. "One New York Night (1935) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. "One New York Night". TV Guide. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. Greene, Graham (9 August 1935). "The Trunk Mystery/Hands of Orlac/Look Up and Laugh/The Memory Expert". The Spectator . (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome . p.  11. ISBN   0192812866.)