Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

GManfred Some viewers feel this is a Noir Musical, but to me it just didn't have the feel of a Noir film. The best I can do for it is to call it a musical melodrama, and a good one at that. A refreshing change from musical comedies, this one has some very recognizable actors from Hollywood's Golden Age, including Priscilla Lane, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson and Wallace Ford. The nominal star of the picture is a not-so-recognizable name, Richard Whorf, perhaps best known for playing Sam Harris, James Cagney's song writing partner in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". You can also see a youthful Elia Kazan, before he became more famous as a director."Blues In The Night" has some excellent musical numbers, especially for jazz fans, and you can get a rare look at Jimmy Lunceford and his band, who were riding a wave of popularity about this time. But the number I liked best was "This Time The Dream's On Me", sung by Priscilla Lane (unless she was dubbed), the 'band canary' for the group.There is very little down time here as director Litvak keeps the picture moving at a good clip. Despite a few illogical instances the film is very interesting; I think you can use the word absorbing and not go wrong. If you like musicals and 'almost-noir', I would recommend this picture. It makes you wish they made many more in the same vein, but they don't make this kind of movie anymore - not in a long time.

Harry Carasso The above tune, one of Jimmie Lunceford's first, has nothing to do with BLUES IN THE NIGHT, but I think it fits perfectly the film. I am a jazz and movie buff, and maybe the first whom managed to write an essay on both, in 1957. My preference was that Michael Curtiz's YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN was the best example of how to make a film about jazz.Recently, I grasped a conversation between two French critics on TV, describing Anatole Litvak's 1941 film as the one who shows how these typical American arts may cooperate. I also discovered David Meeker's JAZZ IN THE MOVIES, listing more than 2000 titles. Then I ordered BLUES IN THE NIGHT from Amazon, and I received a real gem. The previous 19 comments were fully positive, and Jimmie Lunceford appeared almost immediately with Jack Carson blowing a trumpet with his band. Followed a very good combination of film noir and swing. T'AIN'T WHAT...etc., is EXACTLY what I feel about the job done by the Warner Brothers, Tolya Litvak, Betty Field, Lloyd Nolan and all the film celebrities who made long and fruitful careers after WWII. The only thing I wish to stress is that the Amazon DVD contains also the actual trailer of the movie and last but not least, a full rendition of the famous JAMMIN'THE BLUES, certainly the best jazz movie of all times. Now that you have read my divagations, hurry up and grab a copy of BLUES IN THE NIGHT, while they last.harry carasso, Paris

whpratt1 This film took me by surprise because it is a musical black and white film with fast movement of the camera and goes from Jazz and Blues music smack into a drama and murder. The film starts out with a piano player named Jugger, (Richard Whorf) who wants to organize a band and he has as his female singer, Ginger Powell, (Priscilla Lane) and her husband, Leo Powell, (Jack Carson) his trumpet player. Kay Grant, (Betty Field) plays the role of a gal who meets men and leaves them as quick as she meets them. Del Davis, (Lloyd Nolan) is an escaped convict who runs into this jazz band in a box car and decides to hold them up for all their money. There are many old time actors in this film and it really is a gem of a 1941 Classic. You could also call this film, riding the railroad through out the United States.

robertc39 Saw this movie many years ago. Enjoyed it then and would probably enjoy it now. What strikes me as strange is that this movie is a bio of the Jimmy Lunceford band, which was one of the great bands of the 30's and 40's, which was black however in the movie all band members are portrayed as white. The movie was probably made at a major studio at the time and did not want to take a chance on making an all black movie and possibly losing money. There were a number of black actors available at the time that could have made the picture. Look at Stormy Weather, Cabin in the sky etc.Anyone have any thoughts? Guess the world had a lot of prejudice at the time.