Night of the Quarter Moon

Night of the Quarter Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hugo Haas
Produced by	Albert Zugsmith
Written by	Franklin Coen Frank Davis
Starring	Julie London John Drew Barrymore Anna Kashfi Dean Jones Agnes Moorehead Nat King Cole
Music by	Albert Glasser
Cinematography	Ellis W. Carter
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	March 4, 1959 (1959-03-04)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$538,000^[1]
Box office	$940,000^[1]

Night of the Quarter Moon is a 1959 American drama film directed by Hugo Haas and written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis. The film stars Julie London, John Drew Barrymore, Anna Kashfi, Dean Jones, Agnes Moorehead and Nat King Cole. The film was released on March 4, 1959, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[2]^[3]

Plot

A young man returns home with a new bride, but his family objects when they learn she is of mixed race.

Cast

Julie London as Ginny O'Sullivan Nelson
John Drew Barrymore as Roderic "Chuck" Nelson
Anna Kashfi as Maria Robbin
Dean Jones as Lexington Nelson
Agnes Moorehead as Cornelia Nelson
Nat King Cole as Cy Robbin
Ray Anthony as The Hotel Manager
Jackie Coogan as Desk Sergeant Bragan
Charles Chaplin, Jr. as Young Thug
Billy Daniels as Headwaiter
Cathy Crosby as Singer
James Edwards as Asa Tully
Arthur Shields as Captain Tom O'Sullivan
Edward Andrews as Clinton Page
Robert Warwick as Judge
Marguerite Belafonte as Hostess

Reception

According to MGM records the movie earned $465,000 in the US and Canada and $475,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $146,000.^[1] It was described by "Mae Tinee" in a Chicago Tribune review as, "one of the most inept films I've ever encountered [...] contrived and insulting to the intelligence [...] completely tasteless [...] sordid, sexy and senseless [...] contrived and ridiculous [...] a sheer waste of time."^[4]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
↑ HOWARD THOMPS0N (1959-03-05). "Movie Review - Night of the Quarter Moon - Racial Love Story". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
↑ "Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/06/15/page/39/article/inept-movie-tells-sexy-sordid-tale

External links

Night of the Quarter Moon at the Internet Movie Database
Night of the Quarter Moon at the TCM Movie Database

The Films of Albert Zugsmith

Producer Only	Captive Women (1952) (assoc) Invasion U.S.A. (1952) Sword of Venus (1953) (assoc) Port Sinister (1953) (assoc) Paris Model (1953) Top Banana (1954) Female on the Beach (1955) The Square Jungle (1955) Red Sundown (1956) Raw Edge (1956) Star in the Dust (1956) Written on the Wind (1956) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) The Tattered Dress (1957) The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) Man in the Shadow (1957) Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) The Tarnished Angels (1957) The Female Animal (1958) Touch of Evil (1958) High School Confidential (1958) Night of the Quarter Moon (1959) The Beat Generation (1959) The Big Operator (1959) Girls Town (1959) Platinum High School (1960) Zig Zag (1963) Sappho Darling (1968)

Director	The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) College Confidential (1960) Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) Dondi (1961) Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) The Great Space Adventure (1963) When Strangers Meet (1964) Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1964) The Incredible Sex Revolution (1965) Psychedelic Sexualis (1966) (uncredited) Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You (1966) The Chinese Room (1968) Two Roses and a Golden Rod (1969) The Very Friendly Neighbors (1969) The Phantom Gunslinger (1970) Violated! (1974)

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