The Lonely Night
- IMDb link: 0360750
- Genres: Drama, Family, Documentary
- Director: Irving Jacoby
- Cast: Frank Silvera, Marian Seldes, Charles W. Moffett Jr., Leonard Shortall and others
- Release date: 6 Mar 1954
- Release year: 1954
- Runtime: 62 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: truth, psychiatrist, united states of america, son, reenactment, narrator, narration, mother, lecture, fiction
Plot:
A fact/fiction documentary financed by the U. S. Public Health Service and endorsed by the National Association for Mental Health and the National Institute for Mental Health. Lots of talky scenes in a psychiatrist's office juxtaposed with family scenes stressing the positive and negative ways of molding a child's character. An early role for actress Marian Seldes, whose Caroline character was molded by the negative ways.