Night Court (1932)

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Phillips Holmes

Mike Thomas

Walter Huston

Judge Andrew J. Moffett

Anita Page

Mary Thomas

Lewis Stone

Judge William Osgood

Mary Carlisle

Elizabeth Osgood

John Miljan

Crawford

Jean Hersholt

Herman - the Janitor

Tully Marshall

Grogan

Noel Francis

Lil Baker

Reginald Barlow

District Attorney Grant
(uncredited)

Clarence Burton

Detective Madigan
(uncredited)

Frederick Burton

Judge Oscar 'Jim' Erskine
(uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Thug Beating Up Mike
(uncredited)

George Cooper

Safecracking Thug
(uncredited)

Henry Hall

Committee Man
(uncredited)

DeWitt Jennings

Court Policeman
(uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Mr. Davis - Social Worker
(uncredited)

George Magrill

Strong Arm Man
(uncredited)

Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
After Walter Huston's character makes an obviously mealy-mouthed political statement to a reporter, the latter sarcastically tells him "If this had been at Gettysburg, I'd have thought you were Lincoln." It is probably not a coincidence that Huston had played Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln (1930).

Gaffes
There are three addition errors in the bank book at the $1500, $8000, and $10,000 deposits. According to the deposits, the bank account has only $39,000, rather than the $60,000 it shows.

Citations
Thomas Madigan: This Judge Moffett is a pretty gay bird. He's keeping a girl by the name of Lil Baker in a Park Avenue apartment. She's got her own auto and everything. Now you gents know what that's called.

Connexions
Referenced in Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)

Bandes originales
Happy Days Are Here Again
(uncredited)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Hummed by Anita Page

Commentaires des utilisateurs27

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7/10

"By the grace of God we'll turn this city into a clean city for clean Americans!"

A great little Pre-Coder with Walter Huston playing a slimeball crooked judge being investigated by a committee headed by honorable judge Lewis Stone. Huston is such a creep in this. He sends an innocent woman to jail on a trumped-up charge, has her husband beaten up, AND has their kid taken away from them. All because he wrongly believed the woman knew something about his crooked activities. What a bastard!

Walter Huston made a lot of interesting movies in the '30s and this is certainly one of them. He does a good job with an evil unconscionable character. Anita Page and Phillips Holmes are great as the young couple Huston sets out to destroy. Jean Hersholt has a small part as a friend of Holmes. This is a really good one for fans of the kind of gritty urban crime dramas that were made in the early '30s. Pretty compelling stuff.