Re: "First" film shot at night (not day for night)?

While certainly not the first, the filming of American Graffiti in the early 70's had some serious night filming issues. Much of the material shot on the first try was pitch black once developed. Lucas hired Haskell Wexler as special consultant for the film in order to accomplish the night shots which were 99% of the movie.

Speaking of Wexler, there is an interesting doc about him made by his son, and a doc made by Wexler himself about reducing the length of shooting days during film productions. Somewhat unrelated but having to do with night.

Mike Cohen