The Lost Weekend (1945)

USA, 102 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Lost Weekend
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1946-09-03

Cast

Ray Milland
Don Birnam

Jane Wyman
Helen St. James

Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam

Howard da Silva
Nat, bartendern

Doris Dowling
Gloria

Frank Faylen
"Bim" Nolan

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Titles

Original title
  • The Lost Weekend
Swedish release title
  • Förspillda dagar
Distribution title
  • Das verlorene Wochenende (Tyskland)
  • Le poison (Frankrike)
  • Forspildte dage (Danmark)
  • Tuhlattuja päiviä (Finland)
  • Giorni perduti (Italien)
  • Días sin huella (Spanien)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Second Unit Director
Script Supervisor
Research
Production Coordinator
Assistant to the Producer
Casting
Unit Publicist
Assistant Production Manager
Camera Operator
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Best Boy
Key Grip
Orchestra Leader
Music Mixer
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Construction Coordinator
Wardrobe
Assistant Film Editor

Cast

Ray Milland Don Birnam
Jane Wyman Helen St. James
Phillip Terry Wick Birnam
Howard da Silva Nat, bartendern
Doris Dowling Gloria
Frank Faylen "Bim" Nolan
Mary Young Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Bolster Mrs. Foley
Lillian Fontaine (as Lilian Fontaine) Mrs. St. James
Frank Orth rockvaktmästare på operan
Lewis L. Russell Charles St. James
- Ej krediterade:
Gisela Werbisek Mrs. Wertheim
Eddie Laughton Mr. Brophy
Harry Barris pianisten
Jayne Hazard M.M.
Craig Reynolds M.M.:s eskort
David Clyde Dave, fastighetsskötare
William Meader järnhandlare
Walter Baldwin mannen från Albany
Crane Whitley kyparen på Harry & Joe's Bar
Max Wagner Mike, utkastare
Ernest Hilliard hovmästare
Bunny Sunshine liten flicka
Fred "Snowflake" Toones toalettvakt på Harry & Joe's Bar
Stanley Price fruktförsäljare
Helen Dickson Mrs. Frink
Willa Pearl Curtis Mrs. Wertheims assistent
Perc Launders dörrvaktmästare
Clark Eggleston rockvaktmästare
John Deauville rockvaktmästare
Ted Hecht man med bandagerat öra
Al Stewart madrassmannen
Peter Potter skakig och svettig man
Douglas Spencer Beetle
Gene Ashley sjukskötare
Jerry James sjukskötare
James Millican sjukskötare
Stan Johnson sjukskötare
Andy Andrews alkoholist
Jack Clifford vakt
Lee Shumway vakt
Emmett Vogan läkare
Ernest Whitman svart man som pratar med sig själv
William "Billy" Newell ägare till spritbutik
Pat Moriarity irländare
William O'Leary irländare
Bertram Marburgh judisk man
Lester Sharpe judisk man
Milton Wallace pantlånare
John Garris operasångare
Theodora Lynch operasångerska
Isabel Withers kvinna utanför pantbanken
James Conaty man på toaletten på nattklubben
Franklyn Farnum konsertbesökare
Byron Foulger butiksföreståndare
Earle Hyman en rökande man
Karl "Karchy" Kosiczky Baby
Harry Tenbrook alkoholist på vårdinrättningen

Companies

Production Company Paramount Pictures Inc.
Copyright Paramount Pictures Inc. 1945-08-10 (LP13636)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Paramount 1946

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 70233
Date 1946-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2775 meters
Censored length 2735 meters
Notes Speltid efter censurklipp: 100 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2788 meter
Length in minutes 102 min
Reels 11 reels


Original work

Original title The Lost Weekend (Novel)
Author Charles R. Jackson


Production location

(omtagningar och kompletteringar) 1945-04-10 1945-04-11
1944-10-01 1944-12-22
East Side, Manhattan New York, New York USA
Shrine Auditorium, 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Bellevue Hospital, 550 First Avenue, Manhattan New York, New York USA
P.J. Clarke's Saloon, 915 Third Avenue, Manhattan New York, New York USA

Release dates

First showing 1945-11-16 New York, New York USA 102 min
Release in Sweden 1946-09-03 Folkan Stockholm Sweden 100 min
TV showing 1964-07-02 TV Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1984-10-05 Sweden
1984-10-09 Sweden
1995-08-26 Sweden
1995-08-30 Sweden
2000-09-14 Sture Stockholm Sweden 101 min
2000-09-17 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 101 min
2000-09-19 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 101 min
2000-09-24 Bio Capitol Gothenburg Sweden 101 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Libiamo ne' lieti calici. Ur La Traviata
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1853)
Lyrics Francesco Maria Piave (italiensk text 1853)
Ernst Wallmark (svensk text 1868)


Original title It Was So Beautiful
Composer Harry Barris (1932)
Lyrics Arthur Freed (1932)


Original title Louise
Composer Richard A. Whiting (1929)
Lyrics Leo Robin (1929)


Awards

Academy Award of Merit Hollywood 1945 (bästa film)

Related films

Precious Images (1986) The Lost Weekend (1945)

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides No
Digital images No
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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