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Star in the Night is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Oscar in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Star in the Night: Directed by Don Siegel. With J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli, Richard Erdman. Three cowboys riding across the desert with gifts for no particular recipient see a distant bright light, and find it comes from the Star Auto Court sign where the owners and guests work together to help a young expectant couple.
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- Short, Drama, Family
- Don Siegel
- 1945-10-13
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Three cowboys become the wise men when they follow a bright star in the desert to a roadway stop and motel. The star is a huge electric sign on a water tower, lit with dozens of bright light bulbs. Before that, other principals are on the scene, with the last to arrive being a young couple.
Synopsis. Oscar-winning short subject is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, set in the American Southwest, where three wandering cowboys stumble upon a man and woman with child in a run-down motel run by a crusty curmudgeon.
