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Night After Night is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring George Raft, Constance Cummings, and Mae West in her first movie role. Others in the cast include Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Louis Calhern, and Bradley Page. Directed by Archie Mayo, it was adapted for the screen by Vincent Lawrence and Kathryn Scola, based on the Cosmopolitan magazine story Single Night by Louis Bromfield, with West allowed to contribute to her lines of dialogue.
Although Night After Night is not a comedy, it has many comedic moments, especially with the comic relief of West, who plays a supporting role in her screen debut. West portrays a fictionalized version of Texas Guinan and the film remains primarily remembered as the launching pad for her career. Raft campaigned to cast his friend and former employer Guinan herself but the studio opted for West since she was nine years younger. Raft believed that the part would have launched a major film career for Guinan, which proved to be the case for West instead. (West was reportedly a fan of Guinan and incorporated some of the flamboyant Guinan's ideas into her own acts).
Original Release
10/30/1932
US Release
10/30/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Raft | Joe Anton |
Constance Cummings | Miss Jerry Healy |
Wynne Gibson | Iris Dawn |
Mae West | Maudie Triplett |
Alison Skipworth | Miss Mabel Jellyman |
Roscoe Karns | Leo |
Louis Calhern | Dick Bolton |
Bradley Page | Frankie Guard |
Al Hill | Blainey |
Harry Wallace | Jerky |
Directors
Writers
Mae West, Louis Bromfield, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Vincent Lawrence
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Raft | Joe Anton |
Constance Cummings | Miss Jerry Healy |
Wynne Gibson | Iris Dawn |
Mae West | Maudie Triplett |
Alison Skipworth | Miss Mabel Jellyman |
Roscoe Karns | Leo |
Louis Calhern | Dick Bolton |
Bradley Page | Frankie Guard |
Al Hill | Blainey |
Harry Wallace | Jerky |
George Templeton | Patsy |
Marty Martyn | Malloy |
Tom Kennedy | Tom (the bartender) / Tom |
Bill Elliott | Escort |
Patricia Farley | Hatcheck Girl |
Dick Gordon | Nightclub Patron |
Theresa Harris | Ladies' Room Attendant |
Anderson Lawler | Lonely Drunk |
Carl M. Leviness | Nightclub Patron |
Edmund Mortimer | Nightclub Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William LeBaron | Producer |