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Star in the Night(Movie, 1945)

22min | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Western
Star in the NightRating: 3.6/5 (with 77 votes)
Star in the Night is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Oscar in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, set on Christmas Eve at a desert motel in the Southwestern United States. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Star in the Night

Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel

About Star in the Night

Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests are only concerned for themselves until a poor man and his wife drive up to the motel, unable to go any further. Out of rooms, Nick's wife prepares a place for them in a shed under a neon star Nick had just finished hanging. Their plight brings out the generosity in everyone, including Nick, who remembers another family almost two thousand years earlier that also found a makeshift room at an inn under another kind of star.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/13/1945
Director: Don Siegel
Screenwriter: Saul Elkins
Director of Photography: Robert Burks
Composer: William Lava
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Classics of the Screen (1952-1953 season) #4: Star in the Night"
"Featurettes (1945-1946 season) #2: Star in the Night"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:42141, Added: 03/11/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024