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* BatmanGambit: As mentioned below in BittersweetEnding, John tries to throw the case by using one of these - he browbeats Lee on the stand so that the jury will find her sympathetic and then find her not guilty (even John's colleague, who's listening in from the judge's chambers and doesn't know the nature of John's relationship with Lee, feels he's being too harsh - but it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Lee, who doesn't want John to wreck his career on account of her, pleads guilty.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) once again gets nabbed for swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: perhaps the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with women thieves. He cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, thus making her indictment more likely.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) once again gets nabbed for swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: perhaps the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with such as this involving women thieves. He thieves--he cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, thus making her indictment more likely.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) once again gets caught nabbed for swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: perhaps the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with women thieves. He cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, thus making her indictment more likely.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Aunt Emma is this towards John and Lee.
* ShutUpKiss: John gives two in a row!
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* WidowWoman: Mrs. Sargent lost her husband when John was very young.
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* NiceHat: Willie gets a snazzy Tyrolean hat as a Christmas gift.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) once again gets caught swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: perhaps the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with women thieves. He cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, thus making her indictment more likely.
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* GrandStaircaseEntrance: Lee descending the stairs in Aunt Emma's fancy wedding dress gets a gobsmacked reaction from John.
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* GrandStaircaseEntrance: Lee Lee, descending the stairs in Aunt Emma's fancy wedding dress dress, gets a gobsmacked reaction from John.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) is once again caught swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: maybe the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with women thieves. He cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, making her indictment more likely.
But something hits John as he sees Lee leaving the courtroom, angry and dejected, facing the prospect of spending the holidays alone and behind bars. He decides to post bail for her, so she can enjoy Christmas far from jail. What he doesn't expect is for the bail officer to bring her to his apartment when he’s almost ready to start a long drive to visit his family home in Indiana.
But something hits John as he sees Lee leaving the courtroom, angry and dejected, facing the prospect of spending the holidays alone and behind bars. He decides to post bail for her, so she can enjoy Christmas far from jail. What he doesn't expect is for the bail officer to bring her to his apartment when he’s almost ready to start a long drive to visit his family home in Indiana.
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In New York City, career shoplifter Lee Leander (Stanwyck) is once again gets caught swiping something; this time it’s a fancy bracelet. The usual legal procedure occurs, and she thinks she might catch a break since it’s the holiday season: maybe perhaps the jurors will let her go free out of pity, and that ol’ Christmas spirit. Unfortunately for her, the District Attorney, John Sargent ([=MacMurray=]), is an ace at these types of cases with women thieves. He cooks up a scheme that postpones the proceedings until after the holidays, making her indictment more likely.
But something hits John as he sees Lee leaving thecourtroom, angry and courtroom--angry, dejected, facing the prospect of spending the holidays alone and behind bars. He bars--and he decides to post bail for her, her so she can enjoy Christmas far from jail. What he doesn't expect is for the bail officer to bring her to his apartment when he’s almost apartment, just as he's getting ready to start a long drive to visit his family home in Indiana.
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After he buys her a warm meal and they share a dance, he discovers that she too is from Indiana. He decides to take her home, and then pick her up after New Year’s. But when it turns out that Lee's mother wants nothing to do with her, John offers his own family home for her to stay during the holidays. In a stark contrast to Lee’s home situation, Mrs. Sargent (Beulah Bondi), Aunt Emma (Elizabeth Patterson), and Cousin Willie (Creator/SterlingHolloway) welcome her with warm, open arms. She is finally accepted somewhere, and when sparks fly between her and John, things get more complicated.
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After he buys her a warm meal and they share a dance, he discovers that she too is from Indiana. He decides to take her home, and then pick her up after New Year’s. But when it turns out that Lee's mother wants turns out to want nothing to do with her, John offers his own family home for her to stay at during the holidays. In a stark contrast to with Lee’s home situation, Mrs. Sargent John's own mother (Beulah Bondi), Aunt Emma (Elizabeth Patterson), and Cousin Willie (Creator/SterlingHolloway) welcome her with warm, open arms. She is finally accepted somewhere, and when romantic sparks fly between her and John, things begin to get more complicated.
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--->'''Lee:''' That gag's so old its got whiskers!
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After he buys her a warm meal and they share a dance, he discovers that she too is from Indiana. He decides to take her home, and then pick her up after New Year’s. But when it turns out that Lee's mother wants nothing to do with her, John offers his own family home for her to stay during the holidays. In a stark contrast to Lee’s home situation, Mrs. Sargent (Beulah Bondi) and Aunt Emma (Elizabeth Patterson) welcome her with warm, open arms. She is finally accepted somewhere, and when sparks fly between her and John, things get more complicated.
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After he buys her a warm meal and they share a dance, he discovers that she too is from Indiana. He decides to take her home, and then pick her up after New Year’s. But when it turns out that Lee's mother wants nothing to do with her, John offers his own family home for her to stay during the holidays. In a stark contrast to Lee’s home situation, Mrs. Sargent (Beulah Bondi) and Bondi), Aunt Emma (Elizabeth Patterson) Patterson), and Cousin Willie (Creator/SterlingHolloway) welcome her with warm, open arms. She is finally accepted somewhere, and when sparks fly between her and John, things get more complicated.
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* GrandStaircaseReveal: Lee descending the stairs in Aunt Emma's fancy wedding dress gets a gobsmacked reaction from John.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: John promises Lee that they'll have their honeymoon in Niagara Falls. After a pause, Lee points out that that's where they ''are''....and the film cuts to a close-up of the falls, in the morning.
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* ThroughHisStomach: Mrs. Sargent helps Lee how to make popovers, but tells John that Lee made them herself. Swiftly lampshaded by Lee.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the film John comments about how you have to be gentler with women defendants to prevent male jurors from sympathizing with them. At the end he attempts to throw the trial by doing the exact opposite and browbeating Lee on the stand.
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* MeetCute: Surely prosecuting your future girlfriend for shoplifting counts.
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* NewYearsHasCome: Lee and John have their first big kiss as the crowd at the dance belts out "Auld Lang Syne".
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Lee's return to her mother's house ends abruptly when her hateful, bitter mother throws her out.
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* ACupAngst: As Aunt Emma is putting some sort of fluffy material on top of her old corset that she has given to Lee, she says "I never did have as much front as we were supposed to have in my day."
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* NewYearsHasCome: Lee and John have their first big kiss as the crowd at the dance belts out "Auld Lang Syne".
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* BittersweetEnding: An effective one. [[spoiler: Lee decides to plead guilty even though Sargent was throwing the case just for her. He says that he’ll wait for her, but who knows what will happen.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: An effective one. [[spoiler: Lee decides to plead guilty even though Sargent was throwing the case just for her. He says that he’ll wait for her, but who knows what will happen.]]
* TheRunaway: Lee ran away from home as a teenager, and once we reach her home, we can understand why.
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* TheRunaway: Lee ran away from home as a teenager, and once we reach her home, we can understand why.
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* NiceHat: John gives Willie a snazzy Tyrolean hat as a Christmas gift.
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* NiceHat: John gives Willie gets a snazzy Tyrolean hat as a Christmas gift.
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* OhCrap: Lee’s face in the pawnshop when the proprietor locks her inside, because she’s pawning stolen goods.
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* OhCrap: Lee’s Lee's face in the pawnshop when the proprietor locks her inside, because she’s pawning stolen goods.
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* SarcasticConfession: John drives Lee back to New York City by way of Canada, and when they get to the border, the customs agent asks them why they've come to Canada, to which John replies that they're fugitives from justice. The customs agent laughs and lets them in. Of course, they really are; they ran out on a judge who was going to book them for trespassing, damaging other people's property, theft, and in John's case, bringing a woman across state lines.
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* MaidenAunt: Aunt Emma is this. She once was going to get married, but she, for some unknown, tragic reason, didn’t.
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''Remember the Night'' is a 1940 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, written by Creator/PrestonSturges, and starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Fred [=MacMurray=].
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''Remember the Night'' is a 1940 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Creator/MitchellLeisen, written by Creator/PrestonSturges, and starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Fred [=MacMurray=].
Creator/FredMacMurray.
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Not to be confused with ''Film/ANightToRemember''.
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''Remember the Night'' is a 1940 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Creator/PrestonSturges, and starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Fred [=MacMurray=].
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''Remember the Night'' is a 1940 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, Creator/MitchellLeisen, written by Creator/PrestonSturges, and starring Creator/BarbaraStanwyck and Fred [=MacMurray=].
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* LargeHam: Lee’s defense lawyer is trying to get the jurors to think about how this case is a huge waste of time, and that they should be Christmas shopping! All the while making his plea of insanity for Lee sound like a play written for the stage.
* LoveConfession: Both Lee and John do this in Niagara Falls.
* LoveRedeems: Even with her stealing habits, the blinding cloak of love covers John. They both know she’s made mistakes, and he’s willing to look past that.
* MaidenAunt: Aunt Emma is this. She once was going to get married, but she didn’t.
* LoveConfession: Both Lee and John do this in Niagara Falls.
* LoveRedeems: Even with her stealing habits, the blinding cloak of love covers John. They both know she’s made mistakes, and he’s willing to look past that.
* MaidenAunt: Aunt Emma is this. She once was going to get married, but she didn’t.
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* LargeHam: Lee’s defense lawyer is trying tries to get convince the jurors to think about how that this case is a huge waste of time, time and that they all should be Christmas shopping! shopping instead! All the while making his plea of insanity for Lee sound like a play written for the stage.
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* LoveConfession: Both Lee and Johndo this confess their love in Niagara Falls.
* LoveRedeems: Even with her Lee's stealing habits, the blinding cloak of love covers John. They both know she’s made mistakes, and he’s willing to look past that.
* MaidenAunt: Aunt Emma is this. She once was going to get married, butshe she, for some unknown, tragic reason, didn’t.
* LoveConfession: Both Lee and John
* LoveRedeems: Even with her Lee's stealing habits, the blinding cloak of love covers John. They both know she’s made mistakes, and he’s willing to look past that.
* MaidenAunt: Aunt Emma is this. She once was going to get married, but
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But something hits John as he sees Lee leaving the courtroom, angry and dejected, facing the prospect of spending the holidays alone and behind bars. He decides to post bail for her, so she can enjoy Christmas far from jail. What he doesn't expect is for the bail officer to bring her to his apartment when he’s almost ready to start a long drive to visit his family home in Indiana.
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After he buys her a warm meal and they share a dance, they find out they’re both he discovers that she too is from towns in Indiana, and only 50 miles apart.Indiana. He decides to take her home, and then pick her up after New Year’s. But when it turns out that Lee's mother wants nothing to do with her, John offers his own family home for her to stay during the holidays. In a stark contrast to Lee’s home situation, Mrs. Sargent (Beulah Bondi) and Aunt Emma (Elizabeth Patterson) welcome her with warm, open arms. She is finally accepted somewhere, and when sparks fly between her and John, things get more complicated.
