A Night Out

Plot

Despite director Frank Capra's claims that he "discovered" May Robson for his 1933 production Lady for a Day, the venerable Robson had already been in films for two years when she starred in 1916's A Night Out. The actress plays a lonely crotchety old lady whose well-ordered lifestyle is turned topsy-turvy when her grandsons Jonas (Charles Brown) and Waldo (George Cooper) pay her a visit. The two young sprouts persuade "Granmum" to accompany them on a night on the town. At first resistant, the old lady's resolve is weakened by a few sips of champagne, and by the end of the evening she's having a high old time. Having created this role on the Broadway stage, May Robson had no trouble repeating her theatrical triumph on celluloid. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

Flora Finch - Mrs. Hastem; Hughie Mack - Jeff Dorgan; Kate Price - Mrs. Duncan; May Robson - Gronmum; George Cooper - Waldo Deacon; Belle Bruce - Grace; Ethel Corcoran - Betty; Arthur Cozine - Paul; Charles Brown - Jonas Deacon; William J. Shea

Credit

George D. Baker - Director, May Robson - Screenwriter

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