History Is Made at Night (1937)

Drama Romance

The obsessive and jealous shipowner Bruce Vail does not accept the divorce his wife Irene Vail achieved in London, and he hires his driver Michael Browsky to forge adultery with Irene in Paris to make the decree null. However, she is rescued by the headwaiter Paul Dumond, who punches Michael and locks Bruce and his private eyes in a locker, and they spend a wonderful night together in the restaurant Chateau Bleu, where Paul and his best friend Chef Cesare work, and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile, Bruce kills Michael and blackmails Irene, blaming Paul and forcing her to return with him to New York.

Updated May 11 2020

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1937-03-05

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FACTS

Runtime: 97 mins Rating: 6.1 Tag Line: A KISS and HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT

Cast

Colin Clive

Bruce Vail

Lucien Prival

Private Detective

Tim Holt

S.O.S. Radio Operator (uncredited)

Charles Boyer

Paul Dumond

Bobby Barber

Paul - Waiter at Victor's (uncredited)

Jean Arthur

Irene Vail

Leo Carrillo

"The Great Cesare"

Dennis O'Keefe

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)