Let's Make a Night of It
{{Short description|1937 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Let's Make a Night of It
| image = Let's Make a Night of It.jpg
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| director = Graham Cutts
| producer = Walter C. Mycroft
| writer = {{ubl|Henrik Ege (play)|F. McGrew Willis|Hugh Brooke}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Charles "Buddy" Rogers|June Clyde|Claire Luce}}
| music = Harry Acres
| cinematography = {{ubl|Claude Friese-Greene|Otto Kanturek}}
| editing = Flora Newton
| studio = Associated British Picture Corporation
| distributor = Associated British Picture Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1937|06|28|df=y}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Let's Make a Night of It is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, June Clyde and Claire Luce.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116062705/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/409923 BFI.org] The screenplay concerns a husband and his wife, who acquire rival nightclubs at the same time.{{Cite book |last=Conrich |first=Ian |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Film_s_Musical_Moments/59SqBgAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Let's+Make+a+Night+of+It+Graham+Cutts&pg=PA31&printsec=frontcover |title=Film's Musical Moments |date=2006-07-14 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2727-1 |language=en}} It was based on the play The Silver Spoon by Henrik Ege. It was distributed in America by Universal Pictures the following year.{{Cite book |last=Villecco |first=Tony |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Silent_Stars_Speak/vSh_uXgkXxgC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Let's+Make+a+Night+of+It+Graham+Cutts&pg=PA159&printsec=frontcover |title=Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers |date=2015-11-18 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8209-2 |language=en}}
Claude Friese-Green was responsible for the cinematography.{{Cite book |last=Petrie |first=Duncan J. |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_British_Cinematographer/oBXcAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Let's+Make+a+Night+of+It+Graham+Cutts&dq=Let's+Make+a+Night+of+It+Graham+Cutts&printsec=frontcover |title=The British Cinematographer |date=1996 |publisher=British Film Institute Publishing |isbn=978-0-85170-581-1 |language=en}}
Cast
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jack Kent
- June Clyde as Peggy Boydell
- Claire Luce as Viola Vanders
- Fred Emney as Henry Boydell
- Iris Hoey as Laura Boydell
- Jack Melford as Count Castelli
- Claud Allister as Monty
- Steven Geray as Luigi
- Anthony Holles as Head Waiter
- Lawrence Anderson as Harold
- Zelma O'Neal as Kitty
- Bertha Belmore as Police sergeant
- Syd Wakefield as Policeman
- Dan Donovan as Street Singer
- Brian Michie as Compere
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0029137}}
Category:British musical comedy films
Category:1937 musical comedy films
Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios
Category:British films based on plays
Category:Films directed by Graham Cutts
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language musical comedy films
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