Love Me Tonight

1932

Action / Comedy / Musical / Romance

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 4911 4.9K

paris, france musical based on play or musical pre-code wild horse

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Plot summary

A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess living there.

Director

Rouben Mamoulian Photo
Rouben Mamoulian

Top cast

Myrna Loy Photo
Myrna Loy as Countess Valentine
C. Aubrey Smith Photo
C. Aubrey Smith as Duke d'Artelines
Elizabeth Patterson Photo
Elizabeth Patterson as First Aunt
Charles Ruggles Photo
Charles Ruggles as Viscount Gilbert de Varèze
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Mark_McD 8 / 10

Great early musical, but what's an "ah-page"?

I caught this in TCM without knowing much beforehand, so it was a surprise and a delight. Even in its censored for re-release version, some of the pre-Code humor still pops in from left field. And the plot? Ah, well, we know the guy is always going to get the girl, so what makes it interesting is how they get there.I'll just add some comments on specific things in the movie. So many of these songs became part of Chevalier's Gallic repertoire, it's hard to believe they were actually written by Rodgers and Hart. And, Mammoulian was apparently still working out how to present musical interludes in a movie. Having Chevalier sing "Mimi" right into the camera didn't work, I'm afraid; his expressions as he tries to pitch woo to the lens make him appear kind of sappy. Interesting experiment, though, on the title number, where Maurice and Jeanette simply sleep through "Love Me Tonight" while it plays, apparently in their dreams.I had to go find out what Chevalier's costume and song "The Poor Apache" (pronounced Ah-Pej) referred to. For everyone's enlightenment: an Apache was a French "underworld" character, a tough, a yegg, or more often a pimp. There was a scandalous "Apache Dance" of the time in which the man, playing the Apache, would demand money from his girl, then slap her around quite a bit. It has been performed or parodied in other movies, possibly "An American in Paris," and a few cartoons. Whether they got the name from the Apache Indians, I couldn't find out, but interesting that the French missile system was called the "Apache."Oh, and nice catch by the previous commentator that the three sewing spinsters suggested the knitting ladies before the guillotine. I just thought of them as the three Fates, spinning the threads of the characters' lives, but the previous image fits better.
Reviewed by The_Great_Tanuki 8 / 10

A comment from someone who saw the film in its initial release.

For what it is worth, here is a bit of "Americana". I found a letter from my father to my mother written on September 11, 1932 ,(nine years before they were married, by the way). In it he mentioned having gone to see this film. His review is as follows..."I went to see Maurice Chevalier tonight in his latest, 'Love Me Tonight'. Say, I have more technique than that guy, any night. He is losing all he had, can I give him pointers?".I had to correct some spellings errors in the quote, otherwise IMDb wouldn't accept it. Pity. That way it loses a bit of the flavor and intention of a "Quote"I take it that my Dad liked the movie.
Reviewed by zetes 7 / 10

I found this one to be somewhat overrated

It was cute, to be sure, but it was overly corny and unmemorable. It doesn't deserve its reputation as a neglected romantic classic (it has an outrageous 8.7 unweighted average on IMDb, with well over 300 votes). It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who falls in love with a princess played by Jeanette MacDonald. I think both did better in The Merry Widow two years later. Myrna Loy, Charles Ruggles and C. Aubrey Smith co-star - and are given nothing to do. Well, C. Aubrey Smith sings a couple of times, which is actually amusing to see. Any movie where the hero has to decide between Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy and he picks MacDonald strains believability. Mamoulian's direction is nice, but he also did better the next year with Queen Christina. The film seems way too much like the films of René Clair (the style, at least), and I would guess that some of the technique has been stolen. It's a decent movie, but nothing too special. The Kino DVD, btw, is gorgeous.
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