Her Big Night (1926)

Director:

Melville W. Brown

Writers:

Melville W. Brown (adaptation), Peggy Gaddis (story),

Stars:

Laura La Plante, Einar Hanson, Zasu Pitts

Cast

Cast overview:
Laura La Plante	...	Frances Norcross / Daphne Dix
Einar Hanson	...	Johnny Young (as Einar Hansen)
Zasu Pitts	...	Gladys Smith
Tully Marshall	...	J.Q. Adams, reporter
Lee Moran	...	Tom Barrett
Mack Swain	...	Myers
John Roche	...	Allan Dix
William Austin	...	Harold Crosby
Nat Carr	...	Mr. Harmon
Cissy Fitzgerald	...	Mrs. Harmon

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

5 December 1926 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Grande Noite

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A Jewel Production. Universal, which did not own its own theater network like many major studios, devised a 3-tier brand system to sell its product: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced to command higher roadshow ticket prices). This brand system would fade away in late 1929.

User Reviews

Local Girl Makes Good

Laura La Plante shines in this delightful comedy of mistaken identity. As the shop-girl Florence, whose remarkable resemblance to silent film star Daphne Dix could result in a handsome windfall to support her boyfriend's career aspirations, La Plante plays both roles with charm, grace, and delightful exasperation at the complications which inevitably ensue. The two characters also appear together in a couple of well-edited split-screen scenes.

The rest of the cast is top-notch and equally memorable in their roles. Einar Hanson as Florence's boyfriend; Zasu Pitts as her roommate; and especially the incomparable Mark Swain and Tully Marshall as the owner of Daphne's movie studio and a muckraking scandalmonger, respectively. They lend outstanding support to this comedy film that keeps its perfectly-paced momentum to the very end.