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Blues in the Night (1941) Reviews

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The big-band mystique of the 1940s was explored by Blues in the Night. Future directors Richard Whorf and Elia Kazan star as, respectively, a neurotic band-leader and a carefree clarinettist. Their jazz band travels from one small-time gig to another, always hoping for their big break but always denied fame thanks to their own personal demons. Priscilla Lane and Betty Field portray (again respectively) the good and bad girls in the musicians' lives. While we're never treated to a full rendition of the title song, Blues in the Night scores with its melodramatic set pieces, including a gutsy climactic murder/suicide sequence involving Betty Field and escaped convict Lloyd Nolan. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, (more)

Director(s):: Anatole Litvak

Format(s):: DVD
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	Kolleen G.

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Pretty good story line, great Blues tunes! Extras were interesting as well.

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	Georgianna M.

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Priscilla Lane, Richard Whorf, Jack Carson, Elia Kazan, and erstwhile Bowery Boy Billy Halop are featured as footloose musicians who seem to exist only on air and the excitement of playing as a quartet plus vocalist. Influenced by the milieu of jazz, blues and swing, the pace of this picture is much quicker than the majority of movies you're likely to see today! The subplot, involving luckless-in-love Betty Field and Lloyd Nolan, cast against type as a really vicious gangster, works too. Heart and gusto overcome any plot defects.

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