The Shining Hour (1938) | |
| Director(s) | Frank Borzage |
| Producer(s) | Frank Borzage, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | |
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The Shining Hour (1938) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Frank Borzage.
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The Shining Hour (1938)
By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 29, 2025 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversMGM films are easily distinguished by their production values, which were top in the industry. If you turn the TV on midway through an MGM movie, you are likely to know it is an MGM movie just by the quality of the set design, the music, the costumes, the cinematography, and of course the "big name"... Read full article
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Henry Linden:
[Sarcastically] Hannah, why don't you have all your teeth pulled out? It sometimes helps.
Olivia 'Maggie' Riley Linden: [to Henry] If only I liked you a little less and loved you a little more.
Judy Linden: Oh, your maid got in this morning... she has already been chased by bulls.
Olivia 'Maggie' Riley Linden: Well, don't worry about Belvedere; by tomorrow she'll be chasing them!
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Olivia 'Maggie' Riley Linden: [to Henry] If only I liked you a little less and loved you a little more.
Judy Linden: Oh, your maid got in this morning... she has already been chased by bulls.
Olivia 'Maggie' Riley Linden: Well, don't worry about Belvedere; by tomorrow she'll be chasing them!
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Facts about
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 13 February 1934 and closed in May 1934 after 121 performances. It was staged by Raymond Massey, who also starred as David Linden.
Jacques Vanaire is in studio records/casting call lists in the role of "Waiter," but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie.
According to "Crazy Sundays" by Aaron Latham, Producer Mankiewicz thought he could rewrite any writer and after Ogden Nash had done what he thought was a "respectable job" on the script for months, the producer put his pencil to the script and finished his rewrite job in 24 hours by crossing Nash's name off the picture.
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Jacques Vanaire is in studio records/casting call lists in the role of "Waiter," but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie.
According to "Crazy Sundays" by Aaron Latham, Producer Mankiewicz thought he could rewrite any writer and after Ogden Nash had done what he thought was a "respectable job" on the script for months, the producer put his pencil to the script and finished his rewrite job in 24 hours by crossing Nash's name off the picture.
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