With four accomplished directors contributing, dead of night is a classic. Dead of night is a brilliant anthology horror film from ealing studios. In december 2010, the age reported that the dead of night had been greenlit for production, which would commence once the script by stuart beattie was completed, with release scheduled for 2012. Dead of night is a 1945 ealing studios horror anthology film, starring mervyn johns, googie withers, sally ann howes, and michael redgrave. It was the last in a series of four films directed by huston while serving in the u. Alberto cavalcanti, charles crichton, basil dearden, robert hamer, 1945, studiocanal, pg. The movie was directed by michael curtiz and produced by arthur schwartz, with jack l. However dead of night was a departure for them, a tale of the supernatural that still creates a potent chill in. Dead of night, british horror anthology film, released in 1945, that is considered a classic of the genre.
The film is most remembered for the concluding story, which features redgrave. Starring michael redgrave, mervyn johns, sally ann howes, googie withers and directed by alberto cavalcanti. Britains famous ealing studios were bestknown in the 1940s and 1950s for loveable comedies like the lavender hill mob and whisky galore. Wellman, starring henry fonda, dana andrews and mary beth hughes, with anthony quinn, william eythe, harry morgan and jane darwell. Sherlock holmes terror by night 1946 thriller youtube. A group of strangers is mysteriously gathered at a country estate where each reveals a chilling tale of the supernatural. Laconic, humorless and irritable, he doesnt want to go out and isnt interested in seeing visitors.
Check this film out and watch it from the perspective of the 1940s viewers eyes and see why it was popular. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Terror by night is a 1946 sherlock holmes mystery film. W hen critics discuss robert hamers film dead of night, they tend to focus on its unusual structure it consists of a series of shorts or the fact that it.
These include premonitions from beyond the grave, an antique mirror, a supernatural game of golf, and a ventriloquists dummy. A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in. These videos show my appreciation and to help introduce in order to watch the full and complete. It was directed by roy william neill, and stars basil rathbone as sherlock holmes and nigel bruce as dr. Dead of night stands out from british film of the 1940s, when few horror films were being produced in the country horror films had been banned from production in britain during the war, and it. Wellknown singer and comedian jimmy durante headlined the nights entertainment, with music by. By the time the porter biopic night and day was released, the threeperson scriptwriting team still hadnt come up with a compelling storyline, though the film had the decided advantages of star. Made at ealing studios, known for their early documentaries and later a string of witty and eminently british comedies. Two drifters are passing through a western town, when news arrives that a local rancher has been murdered and his cattle stolen. Approved 1h 17min drama, horror 15 february 1946 finland. No 15 best horror film of all time film the guardian. Selection if selected the screening copy of the film must be with us by no later than 1st october and once selected you guarantee that the film cannot be withdrawn from the festival. With basil rathbone, nigel bruce, alan mowbray, dennis hoey. Rondo hatton would play a different creeper in two followups not related to this film, house of horrors and the brute man, both completed in 1945, but released following hattons death, which occurred on february 2, 1946.
Dead of night the movie that changed the universe film. Dead of night 1945 full movie, dead of night 1945 full movie. Redgravea neurotic ventriloquist who eventually collapses into complete insanity. Googie withers in dead of night 1945 michael redgrave in dead of night 1945 ralph. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The oxbow incident is a 1943 american western film directed by william a. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. One reason for the similarities is the recutting, supervised by ernest nims, wrote film. The film is most remembered for the concluding story, which features redgrave and concerns a.
The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales. Mankiewicz and starring john hodiak, nancy guild, richard conte, and lloyd nolan. Dead of night isnt a hitchcock film but it uses the same actors of his england days and uses the same suspense techniques seen in his tv series. It stars mervyn johns, googie withers, sally ann howes and michael redgrave. The first four episodes of dead of night are nothing special. Somewhere in the night is a 1946 film noir and psychological thriller directed and cowritten by joseph l. The climactic story of a ventriloquist michael redgrave and his sinister dummy stands out. Good, solid direction from holmes veteran roy william neill, quality, reliable acting from leads rathbone and bruce, exceptional character acting from alan mowbry and company, and a zippy pace connected to a script that is able to develop the plot and suspense despite the length of the film being just under an hour.
Party and the golfing story, were removed to shorten the film to 77minutes. Directed by alberto cavalcanti, charles crichton, basil dearden. Architect walter craig mervyn johns senses impending doom as his halfremembered recurring dream turns into reality. On its release, the stranger was unfavorably compared to alfred hitchcocks shadow of a doubt 1943. Dead of night 1945 original 1 sheet 27 x 41 56 x 71 cm an original folded movie poster printed for the 1951 rerelease of this english classic horror movie which was made prior to establishment of hammer studios. With mervyn johns, michael redgrave, roland culver, mary merrall.
Life magazine featured the stranger as movie of the week in its issue dated june 3, 1946. Mobster bugsy siegel opens the glitzy flamingo hotel in las vegas, nevada on december 26, 1946. The screenplay was written by charles hoffman, leo townsend and william bowers. Of the movies five segments, arguably the most notable is the episode featuring a tormented ventriloquist. On 20 november 2011, sydneys daily telegraph reported that the sequel had apparently been cancelled. Dead of night is a 1945 british anthology horror film a gothic or horror anthology made by ealing studios. Just in case you thought you finally found a reasonably priced dvd of the classic 1945 chiller dead of night, be advised, if you order the single disc edition with the bw cover and cv logo in the upper left corner, as pictured for this listing, this is what youll end up getting. Made at ealing studios, known for their early documentaries and later a string of witty and eminently british comedies passport. When the fabled star of rhodesia diamond is stolen on a london to edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, sherlock holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible. Dead of night, the original horror anthology, depicts five tales of terror, cleverly wound around a central wraparound story following a man with a recurring nightmare. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
Worse, there could be a link between him and the gruesome murder of a truck driver that occurred the night of his return. W hen critics discuss robert hamers film dead of night, they tend to focus on its unusual structure it consists of a series of shorts or the fact that it was the first horror film to be made. Dead of night is a 1945 british anthology horror film, made by ealing studios. Lovely, elegant, chilly alexis smith does all the pursuing in the film, as do the other women, and yet cole is charmingly evasive with all of them. Again, he presents dead of night as a film with no significant precedent and. Like the exorcist, dead of night a reworking of the monkeys paw aspires to be more than simply a horror film. Sony a6500 zhiyun crane gimbal neewer 650 led light lets connect.
According to kinematograph weekly the film performed well at the british box office in 1945. So dark the night is a 1946 american crime film in the film noir tradition, directed by joseph h. Army as pmf 5019 is a documentary film directed by american filmmaker john huston 19061987. The film has a lot of class and is very british in the traditional sense. Dead of night 1945 is often considered the grandfather of anthology horror as it really did solidify the genres. Read the full synopsis of night and day, 1946, directed by michael curtiz, with cary grant, alexis smith, monty woolley, at turner classic movies. This is the uncut and complete uk version of dead of night, now newly restored. In the framing story, a group of people meet in a country house and one man declares he has seen the meeting in a dream and that everyone was horribly murdered. With brea grant, aj bowen, barbara crampton, sophie dalah. The individual segments were directed by alberto cavalcanti, charles crichton, basil dearden and robert hamer. Night and day 1946 cast and crew when his first stage show fails, songwriter cole porter cary grant goes off to fight in world war i until, injured, he lands in a hospital. The drama features steven geray, micheline cheirel, eugene borden, among others. With four accomplished directors contributing, dead of night is a classic horror anthology that remains highly influential.
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