History Is Made At Night

History Is Made At Night (1937)

  • 89% of users liked it
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History is Made at Night has been described as a romantic tragedy, which it indeed is, up to a point. The film begins deceptively in screwball-comedy fashion with socialite Jean Arthur and handsome head waiter Charles Boyer "meeting cute." But there's nothing cute about Arthur's… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Mar 5, 1937 Wide
Criterion Collection

Critic Reviews

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    One of the silliest and therefore most magnetic of all '30s romantic melodramas.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A type of unbelievable melodrama that went out of fashion ages ago.

  • Dan Callahan, Slant Magazine

    History Is Made at Night is a patchwork quilt genre bender that stands as one of Frank Borzage's supreme achievements.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    what an odd film that covers every genre from romantic comedy to thriller to heavy melodrama to disaster film! the lovely jean arthur has great chemistry with her dashing leading man charles boyer, but their love is thwarted by her dastardly, and psychotically jealous, ex-husband… More

  • AJ V


    This is a very interesting movie because it combines so many different elements of different genres, but it gets to be too much, and I really didn't like the ending.

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