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Blues in the Night
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1hr 29min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1941
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf  ...more
Synopsis: The big-band mystique of the 1940s was explored by Blues in the Night. Future directors Richard Whorf and Elia Kazan star as, respectively, a neurotic band-leader and a carefree clarinettist. Their jazz band travels from one small-time gig to another, always hoping for their big break but always denied fame thanks to their own personal demons. Priscilla Lane and Betty Field portray (again respectively) the good and bad girls in the musicians' lives. While we're never treated to a full rendition of ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler
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Blues in the Night is not the greatest musical film in the world, but it's a good one and, more than that, an interesting one for musical fans to study. For that matter, film noir aficionados should give it a look as well, for it edges into that territory as well. Certainly Ernest Haller's evocative, moody, stark cinematography is tailormade for noir, and the underworld connection and the man in the ... Full Review
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Priscilla Lane
Ginger Powell
Betty Field
Kay Grant
Richard Whorf
Jigger Pine
Lloyd Nolan
Del Davis
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