A Night to Remember

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Audience Member Flat, no spark, stuck in neutral, DOA. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review malani w standard plot; dreadfully sub par humor and ending Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved this film noir Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A delightful suspense comedy. Brian Aherne is very entertaining. I'm surprised I'd never heard of him or this great movie until I stumbled upon it on YouTube. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Dopey film that is a hybrid of two genres from the thirties and early forties: the screwball comedy and the murder mystery. If this sounds a bit like The Thin Man (1934), then you are not far wrong - undoubtedly the team of William Powell and Myrna Loy were a model for this film's Brian Aherne and Loretta Young. Aherne is a mystery writer himself (who also seems to like a drink, a la Powell) and Young is his wife who rents a Greenwich Village basement apartment to provide him with more ambience for his creative process. When a dead body turns up in their garden, we are introduced to a number of suspects from the same apartment building, all of whom seem to be sharing a secret - and perhaps a guilty one! When Sidney Toler (the second Charlie Chan) shows up as a police detective, you know we are in genre territory. Unfortunately, despite engaging performances from Aherne and Young, the whole thing feels a bit flat. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is the cutest thing ever. (wiki:) A Night to Remember is a mystery comedy film starring Loretta Young and Brian Aherne. It was directed by Richard Wallace, and is based on the novel The Frightened Stiff by Kelley Roos. A mystery writer and his wife try to solve a murder when a corpse appears in their Gay Street apartment. (Obviously now the name of the street has been ruined by the pervs of our world). Simply adorable script, but it wouldn't have worked unless it was acted out by two very charming and full of personality actors, which is what Young and Aherne are. I also greatly enjoyed how she constantly and matter-of-factly manages her husband without being bossy, in a very loving way. They are so adorable together. It's like they are the perfect couple. After I watched the film I also thought about how this is a really low budget film (if you don't count the star salaries - just actual production elements like location/set/filming), and yet it yields such a great result. So much more enjoyable than most of the big budget movies I watch every now and then today. Of course, I got completely lost on the the plot. I didn't understand all those tenants in the building were being blackmailed, I thought they were some kind of gang hiding from the police... Another reflection I had was that while Americans were producing and watching such light and fun movies, the world was moving into a particular horrific world war. Alas, nothing has changed. more reviews at: alessandrareflections.wordpress.com Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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