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A Night at the Movies
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Title: A Night at the Movies

Release Date: 6 Nov 1937

Runtime: 10m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: 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).

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.2 (11 votes)

Cast

  • Husband: Robert Benchley
  • Wife (uncredited): Betty Ross Clarke
  • Movie Patron (uncredited): King Baggot
  • Movie Patron (uncredited): Jack Baxley
  • Movie Patron (uncredited): Sidney Bracey
  • Ticket Taker (uncredited): Francis X. Bushman Jr.
  • Child Who Stares (uncredited): Ricardo Lord Cezon
  • Mr. Pennelly (uncredited): Hal K. Dawson
  • Movie Patron (uncredited): Flora Finch
  • Cashier (uncredited): Gwen Lee
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