This Is the Night (1932)
OOH-LA-LA! WHAT A TIME!
When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman to play “his wife” when Stephen insists he and Claire accompany them to Venice.
- Date of release
- 1932-04-08
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Frank Tuttle
Casting
- Lili Damita — Germaine
- Charles Ruggles — Bunny West
- Roland Young — Gerald Gray
- Thelma Todd — Claire Mathewson
- Cary Grant — Stephen Mathewson
- Irving Bacon — Sparks
- Claire Dodd — Chou-Chou (uncredited)
- Davison Clark — Studio Official (uncredited)
- Gino Corrado — Manager of Neopolitan Hotel (uncredited)
- Alex Melesh — Porter (uncredited)
- Donald Novis — Singing Gondolier (uncredited)
- Tiny Sandford — Porter (uncredited)
Interesting facts
This Is the Night is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Lili Damita, Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd, and Cary Grant in his film debut. It was made by Paramount Pictures.
Production
This Is the Night is Cary Grant's feature film debut. He disliked his role, believing that a man accepting the unfaithfulness of his wife so calmly was unbelievable. After seeing the film, he decided to quit the movie industry; his friend Orry-Kelly talked him out of it.
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