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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 ...
Midnight: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer. A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
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 ...
Jun 8, 2021 · MALE AND FEMALE (1919) James Mitchell Leisen was born into an affluent middle-class American family in 1898, right at the twilight of the 19th century. Suburban peace and familial security weren't lasting factors of his childhood, however. By the time Leisen was five, his parents were divorced.
James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. Film career [ edit ] He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments.
"From the moment you looked at me, I had an idea you had an idea," cracks Claudette Colbert in Midnight (1939). That sharp dialogue is the work of screenwriters Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, whose brilliantly constructed plot, combined with Mitchell Leisen's light directorial touch and a whole bunch of great performances, makes Midnight an effervescent comedy classic.
- Mitchell Leisen, Hal Walker
- Claudette Colbert
Mar 30, 2019 · Midnight is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Ma...
