{{short description|1929 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair}} {{for|the 2016 novel|The Night Parade}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Night Parade | image = Film_Poster_for_Night_Parade.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster for ''Night Parade'' | director = Malcolm St. Clair<ref name=tcm>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84941/night-parade#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408004529/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84941/Night-Parade/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2014|title=Night Parade: Full Credits|access-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref> | producer = William Le Baron<ref name=tcm/> | screenplay = James Gruen<br>George O'Hara<ref name=tcm/> | based_on = {{based on|the play, ''Ringside''|Hyatt Dabb<br>Edward Paramore, Jr.<br>George Abbot}}<ref name=tcm/> | starring = Hugh Trevor<br>Aileen Pringle<br>Dorothy Gulliver<br>Robert Ellis<ref name=tcm/> | cinematography = William Marshall<ref name=tcm/> | editing = Jack Kitchen<ref name=tcm/> | studio = RKO Pictures<ref name=tcm/> | distributor = RKO Pictures<ref name=tcm/> | released = {{Film date|1929|10|27|''US''|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10977|title=Night Parade: Detail View|publisher=American Film Institute|accessdate=June 2, 2014}}</ref>}} | runtime = 71 minutes <ref name=Theiapolis>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-2M7Q/night-parade|title=Night Parade: Technical Details|publisher=theiapolis.com|accessdate=April 2, 2014}}</ref> | country = United States<ref name=Theiapolis/> | language = English<ref name=Theiapolis/>}}
'''''Night Parade''''' is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Malcolm St. Clair based on the play ''Ringside'' by Hyatt Daab, Edward Paramore, Jr. and George Abbott.<ref name=RKO>{{cite book|title=The RKO Story|last1=Jewell|first1=Richard B.|last2=Harbin|first2=Vernon|publisher=Arlington House|year=1982|place=New York|page=23|ISBN=0-517-546566}}</ref> Released by RKO Pictures in October 1929, it starred Hugh Trevor, Aileen Pringle, Dorothy Gulliver and Robert Ellis.
==Plot== thumb|The film Bobby Murray is the middleweight champion, managed by his father, Tom. He is expected to lose an upcoming fight in defense of his title. A local sportswriter, Sid Durham, also thinks he will lose, but he has high regard for Tom. A gangster, John Zelli, also feels that Murray will lose, but wants to ensure that fact. Zelli enlists the talents of sultry Paula Vernoff to seduce Bobby and get him to agree to throw the fight.
Over the course of several meetings between Paula and Bobby, she eventually, through seduction and alcohol, gets him to agree to purposely lose. Durham, through his connections, learns of Zelli's plot, and tells Tom what Bobby agreed to. Tom confronts Bobby, who confesses, after which he learns that a childhood friend, Doris O'Connell, for whom he always had feelings, also has feelings for him.
Unsure of what to do, Bobby goes to the fight. Meanwhile, his father, Tom, goes to have a little meeting with Zelli, and makes sure that Zelli will not bother Bobby again. As the fight progresses, Bobby is on the verge of losing. But as he is knocked to the canvas a last time, he sees his father and Doris arrive ringside, giving him the courage to get up and win the fight.
==Cast== *Aileen Pringle as Paula Vernoff *Hugh Trevor as Bobby Martin *Dorothy Gulliver as Doris O'Connell *Robert Ellis as John W. Zelli *Ann Pennington as Dancer *Lloyd Ingraham as Tom Murray *Lee Shumway as Sid Durham *Charles Sullivan as Huffy
==Notes== The film was also released by RKO as a silent film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84941/night-parade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408004529/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84941/Night-Parade/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2014|title=Night Parade: Alternate Versions|access-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref>
The film was known as ''Sporting Life'' in Great Britain,<ref name=RKO/> and ''La Più Bella Vittoria'' in Italy.<ref name=Theiapolis/>
==See also== * List of boxing films * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb title|0020218}}
{{Malcolm St. Clair}}
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