Tonight or Never (1931)

Regisseur:

Mervyn LeRoy

Drehbuchautoren:

Fanny Hatton (adaptation)
Frederic Hatton (adaptation)

Premierendatum:

18. Februar 1934 (Finland)

Genre:

Komödie

Plot:

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Based On Play

Nutzerkommentare:

Elegant early talkie, suffers from stage origins.

Besetzung

Gloria Swanson	...	Nella Vago
Melvyn Douglas	...	Jim Fletcher
Alison Skipworth	...	Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni
Ferdinand Gottschalk	...	Rudig
Robert Greig	...	Conrad
Warburton Gamble	...	Count Albert von Gronac
Greta Meyer	...	Emma
Boris Karloff	...	Waiter

Länge:

80 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Drehorte:

United Artists Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Samuel Goldwyn Company, The

Dies und das:

Melvyn Douglas' first film.

Elegant early talkie, suffers from stage origins.

Gloria Swanson proves easily here what a good talkie actress she could have been. She is funny and charming, and dressed superbly by Coco Chanel. Melvyn Douglas works well with her, but there is way too much chatter in this adaptation from a hit stage play. The screen-writers didn't seem to realise the kind of expansion they needed to give the piece to make it cinema rather than a filmed stage play. Still, in the lovingly restored print from UCLA that is on the DVD, the film looks great - as does glorious Gloria!