Midnight Mary
1933 film by William A. Wellman
- June 30, 1933 (1933-06-30)
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Midnight Mary is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone.
Plot
The story begins with an indifferent Mary Martin (Young) sitting in a courtroom on trial for murder. As the jury leaves to deliberate her fate, the story depicts flashbacks on Mary's hard life as a woman living in a large city of the 1930s as well as on the two lusty men—a gangster, Leo Darcy (Cortez), and a lawyer, Tom Mannering, Jr. (Tone)—with whom she is involved.[1]
Cast
- Loretta Young as Mary Martin ("Midnight Mary")
- Ricardo Cortez as Leo Darcy
- Franchot Tone as Tom Mannering, Jr.
- Andy Devine as Sam Travers
- Una Merkel as Bunny
- Frank Conroy as the District Attorney
- Warren Hymer as Angelo Ricci
- Ivan F. Simpson as Tindle (credited as Ivan Simpson)
- Harold Huber as 'Puggy' Nestle
- Sandy Roth as Blimp
- Martha Sleeper as Barbara Loring Mannering
- Charley Grapewin as Clerk (credited as Charles Grapewin)
- Halliwell Hobbes as Churchill
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Charlie, the Cop
- Ernie Adams as Court Photographer
- Reginald Barlow as Trial Judge
- Louise Beavers as Anna, Mary's Maid
- Lynton Brent as Court Photographer
- Don Brodie as Court Photographer
- Mike Donlin as Guard at Club Imperial
- Robert Dudley as Mannering's Night Watchman
- Bill Elliott as Party Guest
- Robert Greig as Potter - Tom's Butler
- Wilfred Lucas as Nightclub Bouncer
- Philo McCullough as Masher
- Nelson McDowell as Salvation Army Leader
- Miki Morita as Chinese Restaurant Owner
- Bob Perry as Head Waiter at Club Saraband
- Lee Phelps as Club Imperial Floor Manager
- Charles Sellon as Night Watchman
- Phillips Smalley as Defense Attorney
- Richard Tucker as Club Imperial Manager
- Otto Yamaoka as Chinese Proprietor
References
- ^ Midnight Mary, plot overview, cast and crew credits, and production details; online catalog of the American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Midnight Mary (1933 film).
- Midnight Mary at the TCM Movie Database
- Midnight Mary at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Midnight Mary at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Stills at Movie Classics
- Stills at torontofilmsociety.org
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Films directed by William A. Wellman
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- The Man Who Won (1923)
- Big Dan (1923)
- Cupid's Fireman (1923)
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- The Circus Cowboy (1924)
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- The Boob (1926)
- You Never Know Women (1926)
- The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
- Wings (1927)
- The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
- Ladies of the Mob (1928)
- Beggars of Life (1928)
- Chinatown Nights (1929)
- The Man I Love (1929)
- Woman Trap (1929)
- Dangerous Paradise (1930)
- Young Eagles (1930)
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- Other Men's Women (1931)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- The Star Witness (1931)
- Safe in Hell (1931)
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- So Big (1932)
- Love Is a Racket (1932)
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- The Conquerors (1932)
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- Central Airport (1933)
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- Female (1933)
- College Coach (1933)
- Looking for Trouble (1934)
- Stingaree (1934)
- The President Vanishes (1934)
- Call of the Wild (1935)
- Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
- A Star Is Born (1937)
- Nothing Sacred (1937)
- Men with Wings (1938)
- Beau Geste (1939)
- The Light That Failed (1939)
- Reaching for the Sun (1941)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- The Great Man's Lady (1942)
- Thunder Birds (1942)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
- Buffalo Bill (1944)
- This Man's Navy (1945)
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
- Gallant Journey (1946)
- Magic Town (1947)
- The Iron Curtain (1948)
- Yellow Sky (1948)
- Battleground (1949)
- The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
- The Happy Years (1950)
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
- It's a Big Country (1951)
- Westward the Women (1951)
- My Man and I (1952)
- Island in the Sky (1953)
- The High and the Mighty (1954)
- Track of the Cat (1954)
- Ring of Fear (1954)
- Blood Alley (1955)
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