THE NIGHT IS YOUNG

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CREDITS

1935, 82 minutes, B&W.
Producer, Harry Rapf; Director, Donald Murphy; Screenplay, Vicki Baum, Edgar Allan Woolf and Frank Schulz; Cinematography, James Wong Howe.

CAST

Paul Gustave, Ramon Novarro; Lisl Gluck, Evelyn Laye; Willy, Charles Butterworth; Szereny, Edward Everett Horton; Nepomuk, Herman Bing; Fanni, Una Merkel; Toni, Donald Cook; Emperor, Henry Stephenson; Ricardi, Charles Judels; Moeller, Albert Conti; Countess Rafay, Rosalind Russell.

SONGS

When I Grow Too Old to Dream; My Old Mare; The Night Is Young; The Noble Duchess; Lift Your Glass; There's a Riot in Havana by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"The oh-so-familiar story of an archduke (Ramon Novarro) who spurns the love of a princess for that of a common-or-garden ballet dancer (Evelyn Laye). . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

NOTES

"MGM's irresponsibility in not issuing a health warning to diabetics when it released The Night Is Young cannot be over-estimated."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Disappointing entertainment. . .feeble in plot, with a cast struggling to carry assignments and failing to ignite any real romantic fire, film also seems to lack a single strong musical number."
- Variety

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