What a Night! (1928)
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.
Cast
- Bebe Daniels - Dorothy Winston
- Neil Hamilton - Joe Madison
- William Austin - Percy Penfield
- Wheeler Oakman - Mike Corney
- Charles Sellon - Editor Maadison
- Charles Hill Mailes - Patterson
- Ernie Adams - Snarky
Screenplay
- Grover Jones (Story)
- Lloyd Corrigan (Story)
- Louise Long
- Herman J. Mankiewicz (Dialogue)
Keywords
newspaper
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is What a Night! about?
- 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.
- Who directed What a Night!?
- What a Night! was directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
- Who stars in What a Night!?
- What a Night! stars Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, William Austin, Wheeler Oakman, Charles Sellon, Charles Hill Mailes.
- How long is What a Night!?
- What a Night! has a runtime of 1h 0m (60 minutes).
- What genre is What a Night!?
- What a Night! is a Comedy, Romance film.