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Midnight

Name: Midnight
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Released: 1939-01-01

1939 film by Mitchell Leisen

FilmfilmQ1840729

Released: 1939
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Screenwriter: Charles Brackett
, Billy Wilder
Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Cast: Claudette Colbert
, Don Ameche
, John Barrymore
, Mary Astor
+17 more
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: romantic comedy
Country of origin: United States

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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.

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Director of photography: Charles Lang
Narrative location: Paris
Film editor: Doane Harrison
Title: Midnight
Color: black-and-white
Production designer: Hans Dreier
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/3357
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 93%(December 29, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 14 critic review
7.9/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Midnight”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Part of: National Film Registry(since 2013)
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1.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/Retrieved 2022-10-25
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Presented in: Q140228867

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