Remember Last Night? (1935)

After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his ... See full summary »

Director:

James Whale

Writers:

Harry Clork (screenplay), Doris Malloy (screenplay),

Stars:

Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward Arnold	...	Danny
Robert Young	...	Tony Milburn
Constance Cummings	...	Carlotta - His Wife
George Meeker	...	Vic Huling
Sally Eilers	...	Bette - His Wife
Reginald Denny	...	Jake Whitridge
Louise Henry	...	Penny - His Wife
Gregory Ratoff	...	Faronea
Robert Armstrong	...	Flannagan
Monroe Owsley	...	Billy Arliss
Jack La Rue	...	Baptiste (as Jack LaRue)
Edward Brophy	...	Maxie
Gustav von Seyffertitz	...	Professor Jones
Rafaela Ottiano	...	Mme. Bouclier (as Rafael Ottiano)
Arthur Treacher	...	Phelps

Storyline

After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his investigation is hampered by the fact that the partiers drank so much the previous night, nobody remembers anything that happened.

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Plot Keywords:

party | detective | automobile | kidnapping | butler | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Mystery

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hangover Murders

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song "Remember Last Night" by Sam Coslow was published but not used.

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Quotes

Carlotta Milburn: I feel like the bride of Frankenstein.
Tony Milburn: Thanks a lot.

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Connections

Referenced in She's Alive! Creating the Bride of Frankenstein (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Lookie Lookie Lookie, Here Comes Cookie"
(1935) (uncredited)
(from Love in Bloom)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung a cappella by the party guests

User Reviews

Strikingly dark comedy-mystery

Report from Cinesation 2006: REMEMBER LAST NIGHT? (****) The notes suggested that James Whale sold this idea to Universal by comparing it to The Thin Man-- but it's The Thin Man as written by Evelyn Waugh, a tale of bright young things drinking and partying fast enough to keep despair at bay, and a reminder that Whale belonged to the same generation of artists formed by World War I who produced things like The Sun Also Rises and Goodbye To All That.

A group of young friends party the night away on a series of amazing Art Deco sets, and when they wake up in the morning, one of them has been murdered. As the mystery-plot mechanics take over, it loses some of its brittle, dark charm, relying on Arthur Treacher in the Thesiger part as a mordant butler for laughs. But at its best this is one of the most striking comedies of the 30s, energetic and gay (in the old sense-- mostly) and often very funny, yet worldly and almost bleak at the same time. If only the solution of the mystery could have paid off the film's tone thematically. The collector's print shown, incidentally, was 16mm, but could have been 35mm for how beautifully it showed off the film's remarkable sets.