Remember the Night
1940 Directed by Mitchell Leisen
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BARBARA and FRED in 1940's first great love affair ...!
An assistant D.A. takes a shoplifter home with him for Christmas.
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Part of December to Remember.
A Stanwyck vehicle that also stars Fred McMurrey and was written by Preston Sturges, how can you not like it! This is Stanwyck and McMurrey's first film together, they would work on many other films together in different genres. Here we have a comedy romp set during Christmas, Stanwyck plays a shop lifter who gets caught and sent to court for her sentencing. McMurrey is the prosecutor of the case and wins, putting Stanwyck's character behind bars. But he has a soft spot in his heart and decides, since its Christmas and all. What follows is the two characters having an adventure together while getting to and visiting McMurrey's family for the Holiday's and guess…
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It is for films such as this that I thank God for Turner Classic Movies. It is probably a film which will never see the light of day on DVD, and that's a shame, because Preston Sturges' witty screenplay and the chemistry between Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray is first rate. The more films I see with the electrifying Stanwyck, the more I begin to feel that Bette Davis was overrated. No matter what the genre or the role, Stanwyck incorporates the right amount of tenderness, offset with a sensuality that her contemporaries such as Davis, Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn could only dream of. If you get a chance to view this, you will not be disappointed.
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Second Christmas in a row that I've watched this one. it's surprisingly tough alongside the comedy and sentiment and Stanwyck delivers an excellent performance that impressed screenwriter Preston Sturges enough he wrote the Lady Eve for her. Sturges' autobiography suggests he had a hard time making the ending of this one work and it does shift in tone quite a bit from act to act but there is some lovely sexy, witty work from Stanwyck along the way.
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Week of Christmas - Film 17
letterboxd.com/sublevel4/list/week-of-christmas/Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck do a great job with their characters and as a consequence, I found myself really enjoying the film. It could easily have been an overly-sappy film, but instead it feels "real". And a great ending too.
Favourite bit: The ending.
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Part of December to Remember.
A Stanwyck vehicle that also stars Fred McMurrey and was written by Preston Sturges, how can you not like it! This is Stanwyck and McMurrey's first film together, they would work on many other films together in different genres. Here we have a comedy romp set during Christmas, Stanwyck plays a shop lifter who gets caught and sent to court for her sentencing. McMurrey is the prosecutor of the case and wins, putting Stanwyck's character behind bars. But he has a soft spot in his heart and decides, since its Christmas and all. What follows is the two characters having an adventure together while getting to and visiting McMurrey's family for the Holiday's and guess…
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It is for films such as this that I thank God for Turner Classic Movies. It is probably a film which will never see the light of day on DVD, and that's a shame, because Preston Sturges' witty screenplay and the chemistry between Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray is first rate. The more films I see with the electrifying Stanwyck, the more I begin to feel that Bette Davis was overrated. No matter what the genre or the role, Stanwyck incorporates the right amount of tenderness, offset with a sensuality that her contemporaries such as Davis, Joan Crawford and Katharine Hepburn could only dream of. If you get a chance to view this, you will not be disappointed.
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Sadder than I remember.
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Complete opposite of Double Indemnity. A cute little romantic comedy with a few dark streaks. Barbara Stanwyck had such range.