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REMEMBER THE NIGHT
1940
Director
Mitchell Leisen
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
Runtime
94 minutes
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Assistant District Attorney John Sargent (Fred MacMurray), knowing that women are harder to convict during the holidays, moves to have his case against shoplifter, Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck), postponed to January, potentially leaving Lee alone in jail on Christmas. Feeling guilty, John posts her bail, and the two go on a whirlwind roadtrip from New York to Indiana to celebrate the holiday with their families, only to fall for one another along the way. Will their budding romance get in the way of John’s conviction?
This movie carries the most urgent holiday message of them all: SHOPLIFTING IS NOT A CRIME!
"When Barbara Stanwyck lowers that gruff, Flatbush-flecked voice to the most hushed and haunted of whispers, the listener might feel as though they are curling up close to a fire, basking in the heat of a destructive force. The effect occurs several times in REMEMBER THE NIGHT, a Christmastime romantic drama written by Preston Sturges. Leisen’s patient and precise direction is pivotal in cultivating the lovestruck, rueful mood that enriches REMEMBER THE NIGHT, aided by the gentle naturalism he inspires in two leads who say with a wistful look all that Sturges hoped to communicate in his axed dialogue." - Matthew Eng
"There's an offhand moment here where Stanwyck looks at MacMurray and softly says 'Gee, you're sweet.' and it melted me across 80 years and through the screen." - Matt Lynch
This movie carries the most urgent holiday message of them all: SHOPLIFTING IS NOT A CRIME!
"When Barbara Stanwyck lowers that gruff, Flatbush-flecked voice to the most hushed and haunted of whispers, the listener might feel as though they are curling up close to a fire, basking in the heat of a destructive force. The effect occurs several times in REMEMBER THE NIGHT, a Christmastime romantic drama written by Preston Sturges. Leisen’s patient and precise direction is pivotal in cultivating the lovestruck, rueful mood that enriches REMEMBER THE NIGHT, aided by the gentle naturalism he inspires in two leads who say with a wistful look all that Sturges hoped to communicate in his axed dialogue." - Matthew Eng
"There's an offhand moment here where Stanwyck looks at MacMurray and softly says 'Gee, you're sweet.' and it melted me across 80 years and through the screen." - Matt Lynch