A Night at the Movies (1937)

A Night at the Movies

1937

Comedy

Synopsis

A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

Credits

Director

Roy Rowland

Cast

Betty Ross Clarke as Wife (uncredited)

Flora Finch as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Gwen Lee as Cashier (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson as Mr. Pennelly (uncredited)

Jack Baxley as Movie Patron (uncredited)

King Baggot as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Ricardo Lord Cezon as Child Who Stares (uncredited)