Designing The Movies: MIDNIGHT (1939) - New Restoration!

Name: Designing The Movies: MIDNIGHT (1939) - New Restoration!
Start: 2025-09-11T18:45:00-04:00
Location: 400 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M6R 2M9

Schedule

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025 at 06:45 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

400 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M6R 2M9 | Toronto, ON

A screwball Cinderella story!

Stranded in Paris, broke American showgirl Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) poses as a Hungarian aristocrat to crash high society. Eve’s con catches the eye of a millionaire (John Barrymore) hoping to make his straying wife (Mary Astor) jealous, providing the financial backing to further her deception. Cue the shopping spree of the latest couture fashions (Emily in Paris: eat your heart out!). There’s just one catch: instead of social climbing, Eve might be falling for the charms of a penniless taxi driver (Don Ameche). With a screenplay by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, this 1939 social comedy is a quick-witted, fast-talking tale of mistaken identity—and a fashion gem. Before directing, queer filmmaker Mitchell Leisen (of Easy Living and Remember the Night) worked as an art director and costume designer for Cecil B. DeMille, and his movies are celebrated for their stylishness and visual elegance.

Presented in the luminous in the brand new 4K restoration, with an introduction by series host Nathalie Atkinson.