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"All Through The Night (1941) ,,, Humphrey Bogart ... Vincent Sherman (Director) (1996)", 25 mars 2011
Warner Bros. Pictures presents "ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT" (1941) (107 min/B&W) -- Starring Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Frank McHugh, Jane Darwell, Judith Anderson, Peter Lorre, William Demarest & Jackie Gleason
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Humphrey Bogart plays Gloves Donahue, a rough-and-ready but essentially decent New York gambler. The Runyonesque plot gets moving when Gloves tries to find out what's holding up his favorite restaurant's daily shipment of cheesecake. Paying a call on the bakery, Gloves stumbles into a Nazi spy ring, masterminded by Conrad Veidt. Mixed up in all this is nightclub singer Kaaren Verne, whose loyalties are in question in her early scenes but who turns out to be as true-blue as the patriotic Gloves. Combining a quick wit with quicker fists, Gloves and his "mob" thwart the Nazis before they're able to skip the country. The cast is a movie buff's dream, ranging from Jane Darwell as Bogart's mom to Peter Lorre as a cynical Nazi flunky to William Demarest, Frank McHugh, Phil Silvers and Jackie Gleason as Bogie's favorite cohorts.
The heavies are amazing. Conrad Veidt is wonderful as the Nazi spy trying to blow up a ship in New York's harbor. Mr. Veidt was such an elegant figure in everything he did. Judith Anderson is seen as the mysterious assistant to Mr. Veidt's character. Ms. Anderson had a way about her that she dominates the scenes in which she appears. Peter Lorre does a lot with his small piano player role, Pepi.
A great movie with a fabulous script!
Speciial footnote -- George Raft and Olivia de Havilland were originally assigned to the film in 1941, but Raft turned the role down. As with High Sierra (1941) and The Maltese Falcon (1941), Humphrey Bogart benefited from Raft's refusals -- and a legend was born!
BIOS:
1. Vincent Sherman [Abraham Orovitz] [Director]
Date of Birth: 16 July 1906 - Vienna, Georgia
Date of Death: 18 June 2006 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
2. Humphrey Bogart [aka: Humphrey DeForest Bogart]
Date of Birth: 25 December 1899 - New York City, New York
Date of Death: 14 January 1957 - Los Angeles, California
3. Conrad Veidt [aka: Hans Walter Conrad Weidt]
Date of Birth: 22 January 1893 - Potsdam, Germany
Date of Death: 3 April 1943 - Hollywood, California
4. Kaaren Verne [aka: Katherine Ingeborg Bechstein]
Date of Birth: 6 April 1918 - Berlin, Germany
Date of Death: 23 December 1967 - Hollywood, California
5. Jane Darwell [aka: Mary Woodward]
Date of Birth: 15 October 1879 - Palmyra, Missouri
Date of Death: 13 August 1967 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
6. Peter Lorre [aka: László Löwenstein]
Date of Birth: 26 June 1904 - Rózsahegy, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovak Republic]
Date of Death: 23 March 1964 - Los Angeles, California
7. Dame Judith Anderson [aka: Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson]
Date of Birth: 10 February 1897 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date of Death: 3 January 1992 - Santa Barbara, California
8. William Demarest [aka: Carl William Demarest]
Date of Birth: 27 February 1892 - St. Paul, Minnesota
Date of Death: 28 December 1983 - Palm Springs, California
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 107 min on VHS ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (01/17/1996)
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