Remember the Night
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: Preston Sturges
Producer: Mitchell Leisen, Albert Lewis
Remember the Night is a 1940 American Christmas romantic comedy trial film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. The film was written by Preston Sturges and was the last of his scripts shot by another director, as Sturges began his own directorial career the same year with The Great McGinty.
Trivia
- Preston Sturges suggested Great Love as a title for the film.
- Director Mitchell Leisen shortened Sturges' script considerably, both before and during shooting.
- Leisen's script alterations shifted the film's focus from MacMurray's character to that of Stanwyck.
Previous Showings
7 Runs • 2 Festivals
3,712 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (February 9, 1940)
Original Run: February 9, 1940 (Friday - Saturday)
All runs on record (7):
- February 9, 1940 (Friday - Saturday)Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray
- March 3, 1988 · 0 ticketsw/ Christmas in July
- November 10 - 12, 1990 · 1,264 ticketsw/ Double Indemnity
- September 19 - 20, 1991 · 636 ticketsw/ The Good Fairy
- October 14 - 17, 1995 · 1,050 ticketsw/ True Confession
- April 30 - May 1, 2014 · 339 ticketsStarring Barbara Stanwyckw/ There's Always Tomorrow
- December 7 - 8, 2023 · 423 ticketsHoliday Favorites plus Deanna Durbinw/ His Butler's Sister