Claudette Colbert (Eve) arrives in Paris with nothing and has to survive in just her ball gown. She gatecrashes a party where John Barrymore (Georges) makes her acquaintance and provides her with an assignment to save his marriage, which she accepts. In the meantime, cab driver Don Ameche (Tibor) is trying to track her down as he has fallen in love with her. Misunderstandings and comedy situations ensue until everything gets resolved.
Colbert doesn't really convince as a streetwise dance girl. She comes across as if she is from a prissy stable. Not sure she is a survivor on the streets. She does think quickly, however, and she has some funny dialogue whilst Barrymore carries off the funniest acting.
"Every girl has her midnight" is a sentence that Colbert delivers and this is used as the justification to call this film "Midnight"! It's a rather pathetic leap to make - in fact, rather terrible!
As an extra thing to look for, you get to see the swing doors at the entrance of the Ritz, Paris in operation, made famous by Princess Diana as she entered the hotel on her last night in Paris, shortly before her death.
Colbert doesn't really convince as a streetwise dance girl. She comes across as if she is from a prissy stable. Not sure she is a survivor on the streets. She does think quickly, however, and she has some funny dialogue whilst Barrymore carries off the funniest acting.
"Every girl has her midnight" is a sentence that Colbert delivers and this is used as the justification to call this film "Midnight"! It's a rather pathetic leap to make - in fact, rather terrible!
As an extra thing to look for, you get to see the swing doors at the entrance of the Ritz, Paris in operation, made famous by Princess Diana as she entered the hotel on her last night in Paris, shortly before her death.