Saturday, August 29, 2015

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight is a 1932 musical comedy romance film starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. Also starring are Charles Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, and Myrna Loy. Listen to Chevalier sing, "Isn't It Romantic". What a delight! This will certainly bring a smile.

Youtube has it online, divided into 10-minute segments. Here's the first 10 minutes:



The other parts are linked at Youtube: part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9

It's listed as one of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Slant Magazine gives it 4 out of 4 stars and says, "the film's most astonishing feat is the vulnerable and charming performances the director finesses from two of musical comedy's most impenetrable vocalists: Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald." DVD Talk calls it "the best musical of the early-talkie era" and says, "even film fans who normally don't like musicals will enjoy Love Me Tonight for its enormous wit". Rotten Tomatoes has a critics score of 100%.

4 comments:

  1. (I am having problems with Google and commenting as myself, if any weird looking comments just came your way. It´s all about university email being run by Google, too... anyway:) This looks like a delightful film. I fast-forwarded to the song and it does bring a smile. :-) I like the sincerity of these old happy-movies. Something like this can´t be made anymore without a huge seasoning of irony.

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    1. No weird comments showed up, so maybe google hides its mistakes from us. This movie is the perfect example of light-hearted comedy with a happy ending. So much fun :)

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  2. I'm a big fan of Myrna Loy, so when I saw she was in this movie, I had to peruse it. I love "feel good" movies and this one does just that!

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    1. I agree, a real "feel good" movie :)

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