History Is Made at Night

"A KISS and HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT"

Mar 5 1937 Approved 1h 37m
Drama, Romance

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.

Plot

The obsessive and jealous shipowner Bruce Vail does not accept the divorce his wife Irene Vail achieved in London, and he hires his driver Michael Browsky to forge adultery with Irene in Paris to make the decree null. However, she is rescued by the headwaiter Paul Dumond, who punches Michael and locks Bruce and his private eyes in a locker, and they spend a wonderful night together in the restaurant Chateau Bleu, where Paul and his best friend Chef Cesare work, and they fall in love for each other. Meanwhile, Bruce kills Michael and blackmails Irene, blaming Paul and forcing her to return with him to New York. But Paul does not give up on Irene, and moves to New York with Cesare trying to find her love.

Written by

Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker, Vincent Lawrence

Directed by

Frank Borzage

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Walter Wanger Productions

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

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7.4 out of 10
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