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History Is Made at Night
Directed by
Frank Borzage
Passed
1937
1h 37m
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7.3
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A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
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Where to Watch History Is Made at Night
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Cast of History Is Made at Night
Charles Boyer
Paul Dumond
Jean Arthur
Irene Vail
Leo Carrillo
"The Great Cesare"
Colin Clive
Bruce Vail
Ivan Lebedeff
Michael Browsky
George Meeker
Mr. Norton
Lucien Prival
Private Detective
George Davis
Maestro
Bobby Barber
Paul - Waiter at Victor's (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
French Woman (uncredited)
Tim Holt
S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)
Carlyle Moore Jr.
Wireless Operator (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
June Preston
Little Girl with Dog (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Insp. Millard (uncredited)
Señor Wences
'Coco' Hand Trick Performer (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Jeanne Blanche
Barlowe Borland
Harvey Clark
Dora Clement
Harry Depp
Edward Earle
Franklyn Farnum
Byron Foulger
Vail Employee Reading from Newspaper (uncredited)
Roger Gray
George Humbert
Payne B. Johnson
Tetsu Komai
Rollo Lloyd
John Marston
Louis Mercier
Martha Merrill
Helene Millard
Jack Mulhall
David Newell
Robert Parrish
Russ Powell
Jack Richardson
Tom Ricketts
James Sheridan
Adele St. Mauer
William Stack
Amzie Strickland
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Charles Williams
History Is Made at Night Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Dan Callahan
History Is Made at Night is a patchwork quilt genre bender that stands as one of Frank Borzage's supreme achievements.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
One of the silliest and therefore most magnetic of all '30s romantic melodramas.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A type of unbelievable melodrama that went out of fashion ages ago.
Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam
Charles Koplinski
Going from unabashedly romantic to highly comic to overtly melodramatic to sincerely tragic, History makes no apologies for trying to cover as many disparate tones in one film as possible. (Not plausible, but possible...)
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Deeply romantic, occasionally melodramatic, and sometimes silly. But Arthur and Boyer are irresistible.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
Something quietly enchanting, a guileless and wide-eyed paean to romance whose innocence never feels in any way cloying - it's just pure classical Hollywood magic.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
a wild and entertaining mis-mash of styles, tones, and genres, a kind of barely controlled chaos reflected in its production
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Borzage's gift is that he makes this bizarre, convoluted story somehow flow, while feeling totally natural and honest. The emotions felt in it are absolutely genuine, and it truly is a thing of beauty.
Spectrum Culture
David Harris
A go-for-broke approach to genre conventions imbues History is Made at Night with a sparkling infusion of "what comes next," making it feel more alive than most movies from the era.
Arts Fuse
Betsy Sherman
Jean Arthur was a bright light of the screwball comedy genre...
Stream on Demand
Sean Axmaker
[Frank] Borzage's commitment to the couple and belief in the power of love to not simply conquer all but to elevate the lovers to a heaven on Earth transcends the plot. E
Crooked Marquee
Sean Burns
"There's a kamikaze quality to 'History Is Made At Night,' a breathless, anything-can-happen flood of events that mirrors the headlong feeling of falling in love for the first time.
InSession Film
Brian Susbielles
It is one of Hollywood's hidden unknowns despite a recognizable cast that can flip easily in tone but maintains its integrity in the fleeting moments of danger.
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