History is Made at Night [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

History is Made at Night [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Borzage Cast: Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
, Colin Clive
Colin Clive
, Leo Carrillo
Leo Carrillo
Frank Borzage
History is Made at Night [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

History is Made at Night [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Borzage Cast: Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
, Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
, Colin Clive
Colin Clive
, Leo Carrillo
Leo Carrillo
Frank Borzage

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Overview

History is Made at Night has been described as a romantic tragedy, which it indeed is, up to a point. The film begins deceptively in screwball-comedy fashion with socialite Jean Arthur and handsome head waiter Charles Boyer "meeting cute." But there's nothing cute about Arthur's estranged husband, shipbuilder Colin Clive. Insanely jealous, Clive arranges for the ship on which his wife and her lover are travelling to hit an iceberg--then, aghast at what he has done, Clive commits suicide. As the ship lists dangerously close to sinking beneath the waves, the terrified passengers--Boyer and Arthur included--huddle on the deck. The fog-enshrouded scene in which Charles and Jean affirm their love in the face of death is among the most heartrending sequences ever filmed (the director was Frank Borzage, a past master at transforming potential maudlin material into high-gloss art). Even the happy ending of History is Made at Night does not diminish the power and poignancy of that shipboard scene.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/13/2021
UPC: 0715515257411
Original Release: 1937
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 1:37:00
Sales rank: 12,044

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Charles Boyer Paul Dumond
Jean Arthur Irene Vail
Colin Clive Bruce Vail
Leo Carrillo Cesare
Ivan Lebedeff Michael
George Meeker Norton
Lucien Prival Detective Witness
Georges Renavent Inspector Millard
George Davis Maestro
Adele St. Maur Hotel Maid
Oscar Apfel Actor
Harvey Clark Actor
Alfred Newman Composer

Technical Credits
Frank Borzage Director
Walter Wanger Producer
Vincent Lawrence Screenwriter
C. Baker Screenwriter
David Hertz Screenwriter
Gene Towne Screenwriter
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