Monday, November 22, 2021

The Midnight Girl (1925)

A rather average love triangle melodrama, though interesting to see Bela Lugosi in one of his pre-Dracula roles. Rich arts patron Nicolas (Lugosi) is growing weary of his star act Nina (Dolores Cassinelli), who is also sleeping with. His son Don (Gareth Hughes) has a big row with his Dad and moves out. Don discovers Anna (Lila Lee), a young immigrant singer, and falls in love with her. Unfortunately for Don his Dad also hears and falls in love with Anna. Father and son compete against each other for Anna...

A film of it's time, these days a film about a father and son both chasing the same young girl would not be greeted in quite the same light! This is standard melodrama fare, with a neat ending where everything is sorted out in the end and everyone goes home happily for tea. The film is quite acceptable though not much more. It is mostly worth seeing for Bela Lugosi not in a horror.