| Night Flight | |
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| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Screenplay by | Oliver H.P. Garrett John Monk Saunders |
| Based on | Vol de nuit 1931 novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick |
| Starring | John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Clark Gable Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy |
| Cinematography | Elmer Dyer Charles A. Marshall Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Hal C. Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart Charles Maxwell (orchestrator) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $499,000[1] |
| Box office | $1 million [1] |
Night Flight (also known as Dark to Dawn) is a 1933 American pre-Code aviation drama film produced by David O. Selznick, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown and starring John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable, Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy.[2]
The picture is based on the 1931 novel of the same name, which won the Prix Femina the same year, by French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.[N 1] Based on Saint-Exupéry's personal experiences while flying on South American mail routes, Night Flight recreates a 24-hour period of the operations of a fictional airline based on Aéropostale, Trans-Andean European Air Mail.[4][N 2]
In 1942, Night Flight was withdrawn from circulation as a result of a dispute between MGM and Saint Exupéry. Its public re-release had to wait until 2011, when legal obstacles were overcome.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "The Eddie Mannix Ledger." Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles reprinted in Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures by John Sedgwick p 147-148
- ^ Hanson and Gevinson 1993, Volume 3.
- ^ "Saint Exupéry (de)." Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Armorial de l'ANF; retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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