Star in the Night

Star in the Night is a 1945 American shortdrama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods, Rosina Galli, Dick Erdman, Lynn Baggett, Johnny Miles, and Tony Caruso. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Academy Award in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).[1] The film is a modern-day retelling of the Nativity story, set on Christmas Eve at a desert motel in the Southwestern United States.