Night World (1932 film)

Night World

Directed by	Hobart Henley
Produced by	Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Screenplay by	Richard Schayer
Story by	Allen Rivkin P. J. Wolfson
Starring	Lew Ayres Mae Clarke Boris Karloff
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by	Maurice Pivar
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	May 5, 1932 (1932-05-05) (US)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Night World is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film featuring Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, and Boris Karloff.^[1] The supporting cast includes George Raft and Hedda Hopper (before she became a noted gossip columnist).

The movie was directed by Hobart Henley and features an early Busby Berkeley music number, "Who's Your Little Who-Zis".^[2] Although Karloff is a villain, he plays a charming man, quite unlike most of the parts he was allowed to play at the time.

Plot

The whole film takes place in the nightclub of "Happy" MacDonald (Karloff), where showgirls, gangsters, and socialites interact during one night.

Cast

Lew Ayres as Michael Rand
Mae Clarke as Ruth Taylor
Boris Karloff as "Happy" MacDonald
Dorothy Revier as Jill MacDonald
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Rand
Louise Beavers as the maid
George Raft as Ed Powell
Russell Hopton as Klauss

Clarence Muse as Tim Washington, the doorman
Dorothy Peterson as Edith Blair
Bert Roach as Tommy
Gene Morgan as Joe
Huntley Gordon as Jim
Robert Emmett O'Connor as the policeman
Arletta Duncan as cigarette girl

References

↑ Night World, imdb.com; accessed August 9, 2015.
↑ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 26

External links

Night World at the American Film Institute Catalog
Night World at the Internet Movie Database
Night World at the TCM Movie Database
Night World at AllMovie
Night World on YouTube

Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director

Broadway pre-Hollywood	Holka Polka (chor, 1925) The Wild Rose (chor, 1926) Lady Do (chor, 1927) A Connecticut Yankee (chor, 1927) White Eagle (chor, 1927) Present Arms (chor, 1928) Earl Carroll's Vanities (1928) (chor, 1928) Good Boy (chor, 1928) Rainbow (chor, 1928) Hello, Daddy (chor, 1928) Pleasure Bound (chor, 1929) A Night in Venice (chor, 1929) Broadway Nights (chor, 1929) The Street Singer (dir & prod, 1929) Nine-Fifteen Revue (chor, 1930) The International Review (chor, 1930) Sweet and Low (chor, 1930)

1930s	Whoopee! (chor, 1930) Kiki (chor, 1931) Palmy Days (chor, 1931) Flying High (chor, 1931) Sky Devils (chor, 1932) Girl Crazy (chor, 1932) Night World (chor, 1932) Bird of Paradise (chor, 1932) The Kid From Spain (chor, 1932) 42nd Street (chor, 1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (chor, 1933) She Had to Say Yes (dir, 1933) Footlight Parade (chor, 1933) Roman Scandals (chor, 1933) Dames (dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Wonder Bar (chor, 1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (dir & chor, 1935) Bright Lights (dir, 1935) I Live for Love (dir & chor, 1935) In Caliente (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stars Over Broadway (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stage Struck (dir, 1936) Varsity Show (dir finale, 1937) The Singing Marine (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (dir mus nmbrs, 1937) The Go Getter (dir, 1937) Hollywood Hotel (dir & chor, 1937) Men Are Such Fools (dir, 1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1938) Garden of the Moon (dir, 1938) Comet Over Broadway (dir, 1938) Broadway Serenade (dir finale, 1939) They Made Me a Criminal (dir, 1939) Fast and Furious (dir, 1939) Babes in Arms (dir, 1939) The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow's dance-cut, 1939)

1940s	Forty Little Mothers (dir, 1940) Strike Up The Band (dir, 1940) Blonde Inspiration (dir, 1941) Lady Be Good (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Ziegfeld Girl (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Babes on Broadway (dir, 1941) For Me and My Gal (dir, 1942) Calling All Girls (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1942) Born to Sing (dir finale, 1942) Cabin in the Sky (dir "Shine" seq, 1943) The Gang's All Here (dir & chor, 1943) Three Cheers for the Girls (chor, 1943) Girl Crazy (dir "I Got Rhythm", 1943) All Star Musical Revue (dir mus nmbrs, 1945) Cinderella Jones (dir, 1946) Romance on the High Seas (chor, 1948) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (dir, 1949)

1950s	Annie Get Your Gun (dir-cut, 1950) Big Town (dir TV series, 1950) Weeks With Love (chor, 1950) Call Me Mister (chor, 1950) Ticket to Broadway (chor, 1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (chor, 1952) Small Town Girl (chor, 1953) Easy to Love (chor, 1953) Rose Marie (chor, 1954)

1960s	Billy Rose's Jumbo (chor & dir 2nd unit, 1962)

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Night World (1932 film)

Plot

Cast

See also

References

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