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Love Me Tonight is a 1932 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart. It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who poses as a nobleman and Jeanette MacDonald as a princess with whom he falls in love. It also stars Charles Ruggles as a penniless nobleman, along with Charles Butterworth and Myrna Loy as members of his family.
The film is an adaptation by Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion Jr. and Waldemar Young of the play Le Tailleur au château by Paul Armont and Léopold Marchand. It features the classic Rodgers and Hart songs "Love Me Tonight", "Isn't it Romantic?", "Mimi", and "Lover". "Lover" is sung not romantically, as it often is in nightclubs, but comically, as MacDonald's character tries to control an unruly horse. The staging of "Isn't It Romantic?" was revolutionary for its time, combining both singing and film editing, as the song is passed from one singer (or group of singers) to another, all of whom are at different locales.
In 1990, Love Me Tonight was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Original Release
08/18/1932
US Release
08/18/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurice Chevalier | Maurice / Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin |
Jeanette MacDonald | Princess Jeanette |
Charles Ruggles | Viscount Gilbert de Varèze |
Charles Butterworth | Count de Savignac |
Myrna Loy | Countess Valentine |
C. Aubrey Smith | Duke d'Artelines |
Elizabeth Patterson | First Aunt |
Ethel Griffies | Second Aunt |
Blanche Friderici | Third Aunt |
Joseph Cawthorn | Dr. Armand de Fontinac |
Directors
Writers
Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion Jr., Waldemar Young, Léopold Marchand, Paul Armont
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maurice Chevalier | Maurice / Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin |
Jeanette MacDonald | Princess Jeanette |
Charles Ruggles | Viscount Gilbert de Varèze |
Charles Butterworth | Count de Savignac |
Myrna Loy | Countess Valentine |
C. Aubrey Smith | Duke d'Artelines |
Elizabeth Patterson | First Aunt |
Ethel Griffies | Second Aunt |
Blanche Friderici | Third Aunt |
Joseph Cawthorn | Dr. Armand de Fontinac |
Robert Greig | Major Domo Flammand |
Bert Roach | Emile |
Tyler Brooke | Composer |
Marion Byron | Bakery Girl |
Cecil Cunningham | Laundress |
Carrie Daumery | Dowager |
George Davis | Pierre Dupont |
Mary Doran | Madame Dupont |
Sam Harris | Bridge Player |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Grocer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rouben Mamoulian | Producer |