Double Feature
Midnight (1939)
You’ll have the time of your life with this charming screwball delight! When an out-of-work American showgirl (Claudette Colbert) arrives in Paris without money or a place to stay, hilarious hijinx ensue as she impersonates a Hungarian countess and her mixed-up love life becomes entangled with a poor cabbie (Don Ameche) and a wealthy aristocrat (John Barrymore) intent on breaking up the affair between his wife (Mary Astor) and another man (Francis Lederer). Featuring a sharp screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writer
- Screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz
- Starring
- Claudette Cobert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, Elaine Barrie, Hedda Hopper
- Year
- 1939
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 94 minutes
The Gilded Lily
It happened one night on a park bench! Claudette Colbert stars in a sparkling romantic comedy, meeting weekly on a park bench for popcorn and conversation with her best pal (Fred MacMurray, in the first of his many collaborations with Colbert). But when he confesses that he’s secretly pines for her, it complicates their relationship, especially when she meets a handsome young man (Ray Milland), who’s secretly a British nobleman incognito in New York.
- Director
- Wesley Ruggles
- Writer
- Screenplay by Claude Binyon suggested by a story by Jack Kirkland and Melville Baker
- Starring
- Claudette Cobert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith, Luis Alberni
- Year
- 1935
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 83 minutes