Is Star in the Night scary?

No. Less frightening than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Star in the Night easy watching?

Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Star in the Night violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Star in the Night end with hope?

Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Star in the Night sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Star in the Night

Name: Star in the Night
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Released: 1945
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli, Richard Erdman, Lynn Baggett

Directed by Don Siegel

Produced by The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

194522 min7.5 / 10

A gentle Christmas parable about redemption and human kindness, where a cynical motel owner's faith is restored through witnessing charity echo the nativity story.

Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests are only concerned for themselves until a poor man and his wife drive up to the motel, unable to go any further. Out of rooms, Nick's wife prepares a place for them in a shed under a neon star Nick had just finished hanging. Their plight brings out the generosity in everyone, including Nick, who remembers another family almost two thousand years earlier that also found a makeshift room at an inn under another kind of star.

Clusters

Faith Tested By Hardship Workplace Movies Working-Class Occupations Christmas Movies Myth and Storytelling

Genres

Drama Family Western

Keywords

Motel Parallel Story Nativity Christmas Traveler

Questions people ask

Is Star in the Night scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.
Is Star in the Night easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.
Is Star in the Night violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Does Star in the Night end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of films.
Is Star in the Night sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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