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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 736

Saturday Night

1922130 minUnited States

Synopsis

A wealthy woman and her fiancé each imagine that romance outside their social class will free them from an unsatisfying life. She marries her chauffeur, while he marries a laundress. The two new households discover that attraction does not remove the pressures of money, domestic work or the expectations of family and friends.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Dutch.
This copy runs: 129:31
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Dutch. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Cecil B. Demille · Public domain

Cast

Leatrice Joy

Conrad Nagel

Edith Roberts

DirectorsCecil B. DeMille

Historical context

DeMille uses two parallel marriages to examine fantasies about life on the other side of the class divide. The comedy sets glamorous social occasions against the repetitive work required to maintain a home.

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Leatrice Joy — Photographer not credited in intermediate source. · Public domain
Conrad Nagel — Edwin Bower Hesser · Public domain
Edith Roberts — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain

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