{"id":35676,"date":"2024-04-27T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35676"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:08:03","slug":"midnight-1934-aka-call-it-murder-1947-featuring-humphrey-bogart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35676","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Midnight&#8221; (1934) aka &#8220;Call It Murder&#8221; (1947) featuring Humphrey Bogart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z042724zview_midnight.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Midnight<\/strong><\/em> (1934) aka<em><strong> Call It Murder <\/strong><\/em>(1934)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Chester Erskine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Chester Erskine<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Whorf <\/strong>and<strong> Granville Bates<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>One woman was to die at midnight!&#8230;another woman was to kill at the same hour&#8230;why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the night of a woman&#8217;s scheduled execution, the jury foreman is having trouble dealing with the verdict.\u00a0 Then something happens that brings the decision home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Midnight<\/em> was originally released in 1934.\u00a0 Humphrey Bogart was listed 8th in the credits.\u00a0 Then in 1947, after Bogart became a big star, the film was re-released with the title <em>Call It Murder<\/em>.\u00a0 Bogart was given a more prominent role in ads despite his small role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Richard Whorf who plays Arthur Weldon, would continue acting, but also branch out into directing television and feature films.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>Midnight<\/strong><\/em> aka<em><strong> Call It Murder <\/strong><\/em>(1934) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z042724zview_midnight2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midnight (1934) aka Call It Murder (1934) Director: Chester Erskine Screenplay: Chester Erskine Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. 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