All Night
“Fools Rush In Where Husbands Fear To Tread.”
About All Night
Shy Richard Thayer asks his friend William Harcourt to invite Elizabeth Lane to dinner so he can propose. The Harcourts' servants quit because they have not been paid. Millionaire Bradford, whose money Harcourt needs, arrives for dinner without warning. The Harcourts talk Richard and Elizabeth into playing host and hostess while they pretend to be the servants.
Cast & crew
More about All Night
Paul Powell directed Fred Myton's scenario from Edgar Franklin's story "One Bright Idea," serialized in All-Story Weekly from June 29 to July 20, 1918. The working title was One Bright Idea. Bluebird Photoplays, a Universal brand, copyrighted it on November 9, 1918 (LP13029). It premiered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on November 24, 1918, and was released on November 30. Carmel Myers was billed above Rudolph Valentino, credited as Rudolpho di Valentina. A 1918 advertisement used the line "Fools Rush In Where Husbands Fear To Tread."
Themes
Preservation
A 16mm reduction positive survives. Grapevine Video released it on DVD in 2005.
Notes
- Carmel Myers plays Elizabeth Lane. Valentino plays Richard Thayer. Charles Dorian and Mary Warren play the Harcourts. William Dyer plays Bradford. Wadsworth Harris plays Colonel Lane.
- Four years later, advertising for a reissue put Valentino's name forward. The 1918 ads did not mention him.
- Grapevine Video issued a DVD in 2005. Silent Era lists a 16mm reduction positive.
Scenes
- The unpaid servants leave just as Bradford arrives for dinner.
- Richard and Elizabeth sit as host and hostess while the Harcourts wait on them.
Influenced by
- Edgar Franklin's story One Bright Idea (1918)
Also available
- Grapevine Video DVD (2005)
