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Remember the Night

1940 · 94 min

A warm, bittersweet holiday romance that balances sharp wit with genuine tenderness, leaving a gentle ache.

Tagline
Barbara and Fred in 1940's first great love affair…!
Overview
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • redemption
  • family
  • class
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
Written by
Preston Sturges
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson, Sterling Holloway, Charles Waldron, Paul Guilfoyle
Music
Friedrich Hollaender
Cinematography
Ted Tetzlaff
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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