Midnight (1939)
- Directed by
- Mitchell Leisen
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 94 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American showgirl is stranded in Paris with no money. A wealthy man hires her to lure his wife's lover away from her.
fast-pacedwhimsicalwittyglamorousplayfulsophisticatedlightheartedsharp-tongued
What happens
Midnight is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, and Elaine Barrie. Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder and based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz, the film is about an unemployed American showgirl stranded in Paris who is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man. In 2013, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, a distinction for "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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