Midnight (1939 film)

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 based on a story by Edwin Justus Mayer and Franz Schulz, the film is about an unemployed showgirl stranded in Paris who is set up by a millionaire to break up his wifes 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.

Seeking shelter from the rain, Eve sneaks into a black tie classical concert using the pawn ticket she received for her suitcase in Monte Carlo in lieu of an admission card. When Stephanie Hedda Hopper, the socialite hosting the affair, is informed about the pawn ticket, she searches the audience to unmask the impostor. Eve tries to slip away, but is intercepted by Marcel Renaud Rex OMalley, who ushers her to a room to join him for a game of bridge with Helene Flammarion Mary Astor and Jacques Picot Francis Lederer, a wealthy bachelor and ladies man. Eve introduces herself as Baroness Czerny and is partnered with Jacques.While the foursome are busy playing, Helenes wealthy husband, Georges Flammarion John Barrymore, enters the room and notices the beautiful woman who left the concert during the search for the pawn ticket owner. Pretending to recognize Eve as the wife of Baron Czerny, he chats with the Baroness about her life in Budapest. At the conclusion of the bridge game, Eve and Jacques owe their rivals a few thousand francs, and as Eve prepares to write an IOU, she discovers that ten thousand francs have somehow appeared in her purseplaced there by Georges. Jacques insists on escorting her back to the Ritz where she tells him shes staying. When they arrive, Eve is stunned to find a lavish suite is reserved for Baroness Czerny. ........

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