History Is Made at Night (Criterion Collection)

Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo. An obsessive, wealthy London shipowner refuses to allow the wife who just divorced him to escape his hold as she travels far and wide crossing continents to get away from him. He hires his driver to trick her into adultery to void the decree, but it fails when she’s rescued by a dashing headwaiter. Special features include a conversation between author Hervé Dumont and film historian Peter Cowie, a 2019 interview with critic Farran Smith Nehme about director Frank Borzage’s obsession with romantic love, a 1940 radio adaptation of the film starring Charles Boyer, an essay by critic Dan Callahan and more. 1937/b&w/97 min/NR/fullscreen.