Night Work (film)
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Night Work is a 1939
American
film starring Mary Boland
, Charles Ruggles
, Billy Lee
, and Donald O'Connor
. The film was a bit of a sequel to the earlier film of the year Boy Trouble
, considering it had the same characters and actors. But Boy Trouble was a very serious drama
, while Night Work was a comedy
.
1939 in film
The year 1939 in motion pictures can be justified as being called the most outstanding one ever, when it comes to the high quality and high attendance at the large set of the best films that premiered in the year .- Events :Motion picture historians and film often rate...
American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film starring Mary Boland
Mary Boland
-Career:Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara....
, Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
Charles Sherman “Charlie” Ruggles was a comic American actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films. He was also the brother of director, producer, and silent actor Wesley Ruggles .-Background:Charlie Ruggles was born in Los Angeles, California in 1886...
, Billy Lee
Billy Lee
Billy Lee was a child actor who appeared in many films from the mid 1930s through the early 1940s.-Biography:...
, and Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule...
. The film was a bit of a sequel to the earlier film of the year Boy Trouble
Boy Trouble
Boy Trouble is a 1939 American film starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Donald O'Connor, and Billy Lee. In the story, Sybil Fitch adopts two orphan boys . Her husband is infuriated. However, when the boys catch scarlett fever, he finds that he really does love them....
, considering it had the same characters and actors. But Boy Trouble was a very serious drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, while Night Work was a comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
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