History Is Made at Night (1937)

History Is Made at Night. Charles Boyer (Paul Dumond), Jean Arthur (Irene Vail).

Kuin varas yöllä / Som en tjuv i natten / ...und ewig siegt die Liebe. US © 1937 United Artists. P: Walter Wanger. D: Frank Borzage. SC: Gene Towne, Graham Baker, additional dialogue by Vincent Lawrence, David Hertz. DP: David Abel. Starring Charles Boyer (Paul Dumond), Jean Arthur (Irene Vail), Leo Carrillo (Cesare), Colin Clive (Bruce Vail). 98 min.
    Good definition of light in an original language print with text frames in German only without sound.
    Viewed at SEA, Orion, Helsinki, 3 Feb 2005.

Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur shine in a luminous romantic thriller with sparkling dialogue. Another example of how the Lubitsch touch and the Borzage touch came close in the 1930s, with much deeper feeling with Borzage. ****