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starring: George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Mae West, Alison Skipworthdirected by: Archie Mayo
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302798470
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302798477
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 73 minutes
Sales Rank: 31074
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1932
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Amazon.com:
Night After Night was conceived as a serious dramatic vehicle for George Raft, a major star in gangster pictures (who had been a real New York gangster before coming to Hollywood). But the movie--for the most part an overheated melodrama--would probably have been forgotten long ago were it not for Mae West. Raft and West had been lovers when she was starring on Broadway. He brought her to Hollywood to give her a break in pictures with a small part in this one. But, as Raft said, West 'stole everything but the cameras.'
Raft is convincingly melancholic as Joe Anton, owner of 'the swellest speakeasy in New York'. He's sick of the racket, sick of the smell of booze, and sick of his girl, Iris (Wynne Gibson), a whiny, pathetic floozy. Lately his head has been turned by a classier species of dame, one Miss Healy (Constance Cummings), a society debutante who's been pining prettily in his speakeasy every night. Raft hires a high-falutin' tutor, Mrs. Jellyman (battle-axe Alison Skipworth), to improve his deportment and impress Miss Healy. He invites Mrs. Jellyman to dine with him and Miss Healy, when who should show up to wreck his plans but his old flame, Maudie Triplett (West). The movie shifts into high gear when she appears. It's fascinating to see West in a very different role than those she plays in her other films. No goddess with men falling at her feet is she, but an uninhibited good-time girl with a healthy taste for champagne. We have the sense that we're glimpsing Mae West before her all-important image had been finely honed. --Laura Mirsky
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fabulous
I think this film is a hoot! I love Mae West as Maudie Triplet. She is lovable. The movie is very hysterically funny in parts. I could watch it over and over again and it always makes me laugh.
Rating: - Mae West's Debut
This pre-code film might draw you in because of Mae West, but it will make you a fan of George Raft. Night After Night is the story of a man who runs a speakeasy (Raft). He finds himself in a bind when another gang in town wants to buy him out or bump him off. He isn't worried, but when he meets a beautiful high class girl who he sets out to marry (Constance Cummings), he plans to sell for enough money to take care of her. However, in comes his old flame (West) who is by no means cautious when it ... Read More
Rating:  - Night After Night VHS
I was very disappointed in this video. If your fond of George Raft it is great. If it's Mae West your interested in there is not much of her in this video. The copy I received had some flutters in it as well.
Rating: - A very good pre-code movie
I'd always read that this film's only asset was being the movie in which Mae West made her screen debut, and having seen it, I can say that that's untrue and absolutely unfair. West is in top & rare (different from her subsequent stereotyped love goddess persona) form as Maudie, Raft's old flame and friend, and her scenes are very funny, but that's only part of it. George Raft plays the lead as the owner of a Speakeasy who longs for things that money alone can't buy: prestige, class, a worthy ... Read More
Rating: - Very Interesting...
Ms West... Was a class act and she was way way before her time... This movie(the second of hers I own)has some very interesting scenes in it... alot of "things" going on in the 1930's
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