One New York Night

One New York Night

Directed by	Jack Conway
Screenplay by	Frank Davis
Based on	Order, Please 1934 play by Edward Childs Carpenter Sorry You've Been Troubled 1929 play by Walter C. Hackett
Produced by	Bernard H. Hyman
Starring	Franchot Tone Una Merkel Conrad Nagel Harvey Stephens Steffi Duna Charles Starrett
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	Tom Held
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	March 3, 1935 (1935-03-03)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

One New York Night (also released as The Trunk Mystery) is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[1]^[2] It was based on the West End play Sorry You've Been Troubled by Walter C. Hackett, which had previously been made into the 1932 British film Life Goes On.

Plot summary

Cast

Franchot Tone as Foxhall Ridgeway
Una Merkel as Phoebe
Conrad Nagel as Kent
Harvey Stephens as Collis
Steffi Duna as Countess Louise Broussiloff
Charles Starrett as George Sheridan
Louise Henry as Ermine
Tom Dugan as Selby
Harold Huber as Blake
Henry Kolker as Arthur Carlisle

Reception

Writing for The Spectator, Graham Greene praised the film as "a comedy of astonishing intelligence and finish". Greene emphasized the "witty dialogue, [and] the quick intelligent acting" of Tone and Merkel, commenting that the film felt "[bathed] in an atmosphere fantastic, daring and pleasantly heartless".^[3]

References

^ "One New York Night (1935) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "One New York Night". TV Guide. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ Greene, Graham (9 August 1935). "The Trunk Mystery/Hands of Orlac/Look Up and Laugh/The Memory Expert". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 11. ISBN 0192812866.)