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What a Night!

19281h7.0 / 10

The daughter of an industrialist, Dorothy Winston, arranges to work on a newspaper in which her father places a substantial amount of advertising, Joe Madison, the reporter son of the paper's editor, offers to show her the ropes. A gunman employed by Mike Corney lands in jail, and Dorothy succeeds in interviewing him, getting him to divulge the whereabouts of a canceled check that will link Corney to Patterson, a corrupt political boss. Dorothy and Joe get the check, and Joe telephones his father to urge him to print an exposé of Patterson. Corney recovers the check, however, and Patterson institutes a damaging libel suit against the paper. Dorothy gets the check back and obtains photographic evidence to further incriminate Patterson and Corney. Dorothy and Joe decide to write the story of their life with each another. A lost film.

Availability

Not streaming in United States

What a Night! opened in theaters December 22, 1928. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

The daughter of an industrialist, Dorothy Winston, arranges to work on a newspaper in which her father places a substantial amount of advertising, Joe Madison, the reporter son of the paper's editor, offers to show her the ropes. A gunman employed by Mike Corney lands in jail, and Dorothy succeeds in interviewing him, getting him to divulge the whereabouts of a canceled check that will link Corney to Patterson, a corrupt political boss. Dorothy and Joe get the check, and Joe telephones his father to urge him to print an exposé of Patterson. Corney recovers the check, however, and Patterson institutes a damaging libel suit against the paper. Dorothy gets the check back and obtains photographic evidence to further incriminate Patterson and Corney. Dorothy and Joe decide to write the story of their life with each another. A lost film.

More about What a Night!

Cast

Bebe DanielsDorothy Winston
Neil HamiltonJoe Madison
William AustinPercy Penfield
Wheeler OakmanMike Corney
Charles SellonEditor Madison
Charles Hill MailesPatterson
Ernie AdamsSnarky

Credits

Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Written by
Grover Jones, Lloyd Corrigan

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English

Production

  • Paramount PicturesUnited States
  • Paramount Famous Lasky CorporationUnited States

Themes

checkdramedyeditorindustrialistlost filmnewspaperpolitical bossreporter