Star of midnight shines in the stylish tradition of hollywoods thin man series, combining the spunk and sparkle of ginger rogers and the urbane sophistication of william powell with gals. Featuring spunky, confident ginger rogers along with witty, sophisticated william powell. Star of midnight was a popular film in 1935 and remains a joy to watch today. A romantic comedy with a bit of mystery with william powell and ginger rogers. Determined to find his girl friend alice, who disappeared a year before in chicago, tim winthrop goes to new york and seeks the help of his friend, criminal lawyer clay dalzell. Star of midnight 1935 stream and watch online moviefone. Adapted from arthur somers roches novel, a lawyer, asked to find a disappeared actress, solves the murder caused by her reappearance. One response to star of midnight 1935 dave swan says. William powell and ginger rogers may have been half of the best teams in all of hollywood history, but its a shame that they couldnt have had another go at it together. With william powell, ginger rogers, paul kelly, gene lockhart. Rkos attempt to mimic the thin man formula would be a lot more fun if those films didnt exist to compare this one to. Shop star of midnight dvd 1935 region 1 us import ntsc. This barelydisguised but effective riff on the thin man 1934 stars that films lead, william powell, opposite ginger rogers instead of myrna loy.
Could definitely benefit from a bit more humor, though the mystery element is pretty good, and macdonalds police inspector with the bad arches is. Star of midnight 1935 changes the movie database tmdb. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Race at breakneck speeds through the streets of modernday l. Star of midnight 1935 on veehd stream and download videos. His elegant girlfriend, donna rogers hopes that clay. When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer clay dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception. A few of his better known films include blondie 1938.
When a dancer disappears from a theater, clay dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him. Max steiner full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Powell, and ginger rogers are pure champagne, as are the witty, and ribald, writing, and the stellar sets. A canadian performer from the age of six, character actor and singer gene lockhart made numerous stage, film, and television appearances. Star of midnight is the perfect evocation of the sophisticated sleuth movies of the 1930s. Elizabeth taylor and montgomery clift relaxing together during the filming of a place in the sun at lake tahoe, 1950. Star angel 1986 my prostitute love 1968 through dead eyes 1999 passion flower 1986.
My story, rogers wrote, i was thankful to be going into a sophisticated comedy instead of rehearsing long hours and hearing the same song five thousand times. Powell is a debonair lawyer suspected in the murder of a nosy newspaper columnist. Rarelust rare and selected movies from all genres free. In this witty, sophisticated mystery, a smoothtalking lawyer finds himself deeply involved in the case of a popular broadway star who has mysteriously disappeared. Regarder star of midnight 1935 en streaming gratuit complet. This movie sparkles and it needs to be put on disc. A christmas carol 1938, for which he was oscar nominated as bob crachit. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. A scene from the 1935 comedy mystery film, star of midnight. Leslie fenton 12 march 1902 25 march 1978 was an american actor and film director. Star of midnight is a 1935 american mysterycomedy film directed by stephen roberts and james anderson. Boozing and sleuthing proved very profitable for mgm with the thin man and before the studio could start churning out sequels the other studios jumped onto the bandwagon too.
Ginger rogers appeared in star of midnight directly between the filming of roberta 1935 and top hat 1935 with fred astaire. The titianhaired star of gay divorcee and roberta joins hands with the master of all screen sleuths in a sparkling, mystery drama breathless with thrills. Friend tim winthrop asks criminal lawyer and amateur detective clay dalzell to find his girl, alice, who disappeared a year earlier without a trace. Star of midnight william powell ginger rogers paul kelly 1935 an urbane sleuth william powell and his chic drinking companion ginger rogers solve the case of a dead gossip columnist. Star angel 1986 my prostitute love 1968 through dead eyes 1999. Clay dalzell powell is a suave attorney fonder of solving crimes than trying cases. Star of midnight 1935 by rarelust november 3, 2018 10. Abe lincoln in illinois 1940, in which he played stephen douglas.
Buy star of midnight dvd full frame, manufactured on demand, mono sound at. Today were continuing our series on films released in 1935, the first full year in which hollywood studios were forced to adhere to the production code, which became official in the summer of 1934. Tim winthrop leslie fenton asks lawyer clay dalzell william powell to find actress alice markham, who disappeared a year ago. Roberts on allmovie this barelydisguised but effective riff on the. Released 1935, star of midnight stars william powell, ginger rogers, paul kelly the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which assembled.
In this witty, sophisticated mystery, a smoothtalking lawyer finds himself deeply involved in the case of a popular broadway star who has. Star of midnight just happen s to star one half of each of the two most iconic couples in classic films, william powell without myrna loy and ginger rogers without fred astaire. Star of midnight 1935 0419 1935 us romance, comedy, mystery 1h 30m user score. Star of midnight shines in the stylish tradition of hollywoods thin man series, combining the spunk and sparkle of ginger rogers and the urbane sophistication of william powell with gals, gangsters, broadway and banter to shape a classic 30s whodunit. New york lawyer and playboy clay dal dalzell william. Read the full synopsis of star of midnight, 1935, directed by stephen roberts, with william powell, ginger rogers, paul kelly, at turner classic movies. A fading stage star gets caught up in the decadent life of modern rome when she hires a male companion. Star of midnight full frame, manufactured on demand, mono. When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks.
When a dancer disappears from a theater, clay dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception. A star is born 1954 dark star 1974 star 80 1983 star maps 1992 the north star 1943 the tin star 1957 rainbow brite and star stealer 1985 wish upon a star 1996 the star chamber 1983 the star packer 1934 star struck 1982 the star 1952 flaming star 1960 lone star state of mind 2002 the lucky star 1980. William powell was loaned out in the film from mgm to star with ginger rogers. William powell, ginger rogers, paul kelly, gene lockhart, stephen roberts. Ginger rogers and william powell in star of midnight youtube.
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