What a Night! (1928 film)
| What a Night! | |
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| Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
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| Story by | |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
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| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | Doris Drought |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 min. |
| Country | United 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]
Plot
Daniels, in her final silent film,[3] plays Dorothy Winston, an heiress who sets out to become a newspaper reporter and, when she breaks a big story, finds herself in peril.[4]
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Winston
- Neil Hamilton as Joe Madison
- William Austin as Percy Penfield
- Wheeler Oakman as Mike Corney
- Charles Sellon as Editor Madison
- Charles Hill Mailes as Patterson
- Ernie Adams as Snarky
Preservation status
This is one of Bebe Daniels's many lost Paramount films.[5]
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: What a Night at silentera.com
- ^ "What a Night (1928)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (December 24, 1928). "Dream of Love (1928) The Screen; Military Academy Students. The Jinx". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ^ What a Night! at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928
External links
- What a Night! at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby poster
- conventional Lobby poster
- Still at silenthollywood.com
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