Love Me Tonight [Blu-ray]

Director: Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian

Overview

In this musical, Maurice Chevalier stars as a humble Parisian tailor. He and a soon-to-be-wedded patron make up a catchy little song. The song eventually makes its way to a beautiful woman. After that, it is only a matter of time before she winds up in the tailor's arms.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/29/2020
UPC:	0738329244934
Original Release:	1932
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	27,231

Special Features

Audio Commentary by film historian Miles Kreuger (Founder and President of the Institute of the American Musical); Maurice Chevalier Sings "Louise"; Jeanette MacDonald Sings "Love Me Tonight" (From the Paramount Newsreel Series Hollywood on Parade); Screenplay excerpts of Deleted Scenes; Production Documents and Censorship Records; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Maurice Chevalier	Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
Jeanette MacDonald	Princess Jeanette
Charles Butterworth	Count de Savignac
Charles Ruggles	Viscount Gilbert de Varèze,Viscount de Varese
Myrna Loy	Countess Vantine
C. Aubrey Smith	The Duke
Elizabeth Patterson	Aunt
Ethel Griffies	Aunt
Blanche Frederici	Aunt
Joseph Cawthorn	Dr. Armand de Fontinac
Major Sam Harris	Bridge Player
Robert Greig	Major-Domo Flamond
Ethel Wales	Madame Dutoit, Dressmaker
Marion Byron	Bakery Girl
Bert Roach	Emile
Tyler Brooke	Composer
Clarence Wilson	Shirtmaker,Shirtmaker
William H. Turner	Bootmaker
Tony Merlo	Hatmaker
Rolfe Sedan	Taxi Driver
Gordon Westcott	Collector
George "Gabby" Hayes	Grocer
Mary Doran	Madame Dupont
George Davis	Pierre Dupont
Edgar Norton	Valet
Cecil Cunningham	Laundress
Herbert Mundin	Groom
Rita Owin	Chambermaid
George Humbert	Chef
Tom Ricketts	Actor
Richard Rodgers	Composer
Lorenz Hart	Composer

Technical Credits

Samuel Hoffenstein

Waldemar Young

George Marion Jr.

Rouben Mamoulian	Director,Producer
Samuel Hoffenstein	Screenwriter
Waldemar Young	Screenwriter
George Marion Jr.	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

One of the most technically accomplished early sound musicals, Rouben Mamoulian's Love Me Tonight (1932) seamlessly and imaginatively blends sound and image, moving beyond the stagy style of the first movie musicals. Rather than singling out song performances, as in backstage musicals, the classic score by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, including "Mimi" and "Lover," is gracefully integrated into the plot. "Isn't It Romantic" becomes a tour de force of foreshadowing, as the song moves verse by verse from Maurice Chevalier's opening lines in Paris, to singing soldiers and travelers outside the city, to Chevalier's soon-to-be love interest Jeanette MacDonald at a country estate. The rhythmic street sounds in the opening Paris sequence, the precise cuts in "The Sonofagun Is Nothing But a Tailor," the slow-motion fox hunt, and a parody of Sergei Eisenstein's editing style further attest to Mamoulian's technical acuity. With its cross-class fairy tale love story tempered by Ernst Lubitsch-style, pre-Production Code sophisticated comedy, and a supporting cast including Myrna Loy as a nymphomaniac and Charles Butterworth as a deadpan noble, Love Me Tonight's non-musical content matches the charm of its songs, making it one of the best musicals of the 1930s.