Blues in the Night (1941)
- Directed by
- Anatole Litvak
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, musical film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 31 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
A traveling jazz band gets tangled in the criminal underworld. The musicians struggle with love and loyalty while performing in a dive club.
melancholicgrittysoulfulnoirishmusicaltensebleakstylish
What happens
Blues in the Night is a 1941 American musical film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Priscilla Lane, Richard Whorf, Betty Field, Lloyd Nolan, Elia Kazan, and Jack Carson. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures. The project began filming with the working title Hot Nocturne, the play upon which it is based, but was eventually named after its principal musical number "Blues in the Night", which became a popular hit. The film was nominated for a Best Song Oscar for "Blues in the Night" (Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bullets for O'Hara (1941)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.