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Wikipedia article




'One New York Night' (also released as 'The Trunk Mystery') is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles Starrett. The film was released on March 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on the West End play 'Sorry You've Been Troubled' by Walter C. Hackett, which had previously been made into the 1932 British film 'Life Goes On'.

Plot summary



Cast



* Franchot Tone as Foxhall Ridgeway

* Una Merkel as Phoebe

* Conrad Nagel as Kent

* Harvey Stephens as Collis

* Steffi Duna as Countess Louise Broussiloff

* Charles Starrett as George Sheridan

* Louise Henry as Ermine

* Tom Dugan as Selby

* Harold Huber as Blake

* Henry Kolker as Arthur Carlisle

Reception



Writing for 'The Spectator', Graham Greene praised the film as "a comedy of astonishing intelligence and finish". Greene emphasized the "witty dialogue, [and] the quick intelligent acting" of Tone and Merkel, commenting that the film felt "[bathed] in an atmosphere fantastic, daring and pleasantly heartless". (reprinted in: )

See also



* 'Life Goes On' (1932)

References




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