| Midnight | |
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
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| Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
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| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
| Music by | Frederick Hollander |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Midnight is a 1939 American screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, and Elaine Barrie.
Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder and based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz, the film is about an unemployed American showgirl stranded in Paris who is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1][2][3]
- ^ "Library of Congress announces 2013 National Film Registry selections". The Washington Post (Press release). December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ "Cinema with the Right Stuff Marks 2013 National Film Registry". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-05.