# Night Parade
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{{short description|1929 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair}}
{{for|the 2016 novel|The Night Parade}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Night Parade
| image = Film_Poster_for_Night_Parade.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster for ''Night Parade''
| director = [Malcolm St. Clair](/source/Malcolm_St._Clair_(filmmaker))[{{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}}]
| producer = [William Le Baron](/source/William_Le_Baron)[
| screenplay = [James Gruen](/source/James_Gruen)]
[George O'Hara](/source/George_O'Hara_(actor))[
| based_on = {{based on|the play, ''Ringside''|Hyatt Dabb]
Edward Paramore, Jr.
George Abbot}}[
| starring = [Hugh Trevor](/source/Hugh_Trevor)]
[Aileen Pringle](/source/Aileen_Pringle)
[Dorothy Gulliver](/source/Dorothy_Gulliver)
[Robert Ellis](/source/Robert_Ellis_(actor%2C_born_1892))[
| cinematography = [William Marshall](/source/William_Marshall_(cinematographer))][
| editing = Jack Kitchen][
| studio = [RKO Pictures](/source/RKO_Pictures)][
| distributor = RKO Pictures][
| released = {{Film date|1929|10|27|''US''|ref1=][{{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}}]}}
| runtime = 71 minutes [{{cite web|url=http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-2M7Q/night-parade|title=Night Parade: Technical Details|publisher=theiapolis.com|accessdate=April 2, 2014}}]
| country = United States[
| language = English][}}
'''''Night Parade''''' is a 1929 American [pre-Code](/source/Pre-Code_Hollywood) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Malcolm St. Clair](/source/Malcolm_St._Clair_(filmmaker)) based on the play ''Ringside'' by Hyatt Daab, [Edward Paramore](/source/Edward_Paramore), Jr. and [George Abbott](/source/George_Abbott).][{{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}}] Released by RKO Pictures in October 1929, it starred [Hugh Trevor](/source/Hugh_Trevor), [Aileen Pringle](/source/Aileen_Pringle), [Dorothy Gulliver](/source/Dorothy_Gulliver) and [Robert Ellis](/source/Robert_Ellis_(actor%2C_born_1892)).
==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](/source/Aileen_Pringle) as Paula Vernoff
*[Hugh Trevor](/source/Hugh_Trevor) as Bobby Martin
*[Dorothy Gulliver](/source/Dorothy_Gulliver) as Doris O'Connell
*[Robert Ellis](/source/Robert_Ellis_(actor%2C_born_1892)) as John W. Zelli
*[Ann Pennington](/source/Ann_Pennington_(actress)) as Dancer
*[Lloyd Ingraham](/source/Lloyd_Ingraham) as Tom Murray
*[Lee Shumway](/source/Lee_Shumway) as Sid Durham
*[Charles Sullivan](/source/Charles_Sullivan_(actor)) as Huffy
==Notes==
The film was also released by RKO as a silent film.[{{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}}]
The film was known as ''Sporting Life'' in Great Britain,[ and ''La Più Bella Vittoria'' in Italy.][
==See also==
* [List of boxing films](/source/List_of_boxing_films)
* [List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)](/source/List_of_early_sound_feature_films_(1926%E2%80%931929))
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{IMDb title|0020218}}
{{Malcolm St. Clair}}
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Category:1929 films
Category:1929 American films
Category:1929 drama films
Category:1929 English-language films
Category:1920s sports drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American boxing films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:American sports drama films
Category:Articles containing video clips
Category:English-language sports drama films
Category:Films directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Category:RKO Pictures films
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