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Midnight Mary

  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
Midnight Mary: Never Get Away From Me
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CrimeDramaRomance

An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.

  • Director
    • William A. Wellman
  • Writers
    • Anita Loos
    • Gene Markey
    • Kathryn Scola
  • Stars
    • Loretta Young
    • Franchot Tone
    • Ricardo Cortez
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William A. Wellman
    • Writers
      • Anita Loos
      • Gene Markey
      • Kathryn Scola
    • Stars
      • Loretta Young
      • Franchot Tone
      • Ricardo Cortez
    • 31User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Midnight Mary: Never Get Away From Me
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    Midnight Mary: Most Beautiful Girl
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    Midnight Mary: Room For A Good Worker
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    Midnight Mary: Make A Go Of It
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    Midnight Mary: Can't Stand
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    Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Franchot Tone and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
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    Ricardo Cortez and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Franchot Tone and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Ricardo Cortez and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Ricardo Cortez and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Una Merkel and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Franchot Tone and Loretta Young in Midnight Mary (1933)
    Andy Devine, Martha Sleeper, and Franchot Tone in Midnight Mary (1933)
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    Loretta Young
    Loretta Young
    • Mary Martin
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Tom Mannering Jr.
    Ricardo Cortez
    Ricardo Cortez
    • Leo Darcy
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    • Sam Travers
    Una Merkel
    Una Merkel
    • Bunny
    Frank Conroy
    Frank Conroy
    • District Attorney
    Warren Hymer
    Warren Hymer
    • Angelo
    Ivan F. Simpson
    Ivan F. Simpson
    • Tindle
    • (as Ivan Simpson)
    Harold Huber
    Harold Huber
    • Puggy
    Sandy Roth
    • Blimp
    Martha Sleeper
    Martha Sleeper
    • Barbara Mannering
    Charley Grapewin
    Charley Grapewin
    • Clerk
    • (as Charles Grapewin)
    Halliwell Hobbes
    Halliwell Hobbes
    • Churchill
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    • Charlie - the Cop
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Court Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    Reginald Barlow
    Reginald Barlow
    • Trial Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Anna - Mary's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Court Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William A. Wellman
    • Writers
      • Anita Loos
      • Gene Markey
      • Kathryn Scola
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    • Trivia
      Originally conceived as a vehicle for Jean Harlow.
    • Goofs
      In the opening courtroom scene, the Cosmopolitan magazine edition that Mary is reading differs between the long and close-up shots. The edition she reads in long shots is the February, 1933 edition and in close-up shots, she reads the May, 1933 edition.
    • Quotes

      Mary Martin: Are you ever serious about anything?

      Tom Mannering Jr.: No, what is there to be serious about? The income tax? Tonsils? The decline of the white race?

      [Potter, the butler enters]

      Tom Mannering Jr.: Of course there's always sex. How do feel about sex, Potter? Or, uh... do you?

      Potter - Tom's Butler: At this hour of the night, sir? It would be almost impossible to know.

    • Connections
      Featured in Complicated Women (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Jingle Bells
      (1857) (uncredited)

      Written by James Pierpont

      In the score at Christmas

    User reviews31

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    10/10
    Pre-code Bliss!
    Midnight Mary is pre-code bliss par excellence! Loretta Young stars as a down on her luck young woman who finds herself in situations that she never would've found herself in later in her career! From the opening courtroom scenes where Mary finds herself reminiscing about her past, we are taken on a roller coaster ride through the years to find out how she came to be where she is now! Mary isn't a bad girl, she's just had a lot of bad luck and made unfortunate choices in consequence.

    Loretta has tons of chemistry with her co-stars Ricardo Cortez (yummy) and wise-cracking, adorable Una Merkel, who has a really great philosophical drunk scene in the movie! There are many scenes that wouldn't have made it past the censors later on, such as the one at the kitchen table where Loretta and Franchot Tone discuss a subject that's on a lot of people's minds a lot of the time. And towards the end of the movie, there's a scene with Mary trying to seduce Leo, who responds by licking her fingers as she strokes his face.

    This is a great little morality play and a comment on the hard times encountered during the Depression Era, when many people were forced into hard choices they might never have made otherwise.

    All the cast is great, including Franchot Tone as the suave lawyer who befriends and saves Mary and Andy Devine as his loud-mouthed friend who's along for the ride.

    Midnight Mary really is Pre-Code Bliss!
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    • Release date
      • June 30, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lady of the Night
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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