Let's Live Tonight
{{short description|1935 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Let's Live Tonight
| image = Let's Live Tonight.jpg
| caption =
| director = Victor Schertzinger
| producer = Robert North
| writer = {{ubl|Bradley King|Gene Markey}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Lilian Harvey|Tullio Carminati|Janet Beecher|Hugh Williams}}
| music =
| editing = Gene Milford
| cinematography = Joseph Walker
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{film date|1935|3|16}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Let's Live Tonight is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Lilian Harvey, Tullio Carminati and Janet Beecher. The film was made as part of an unsuccessful attempt to establish Harvey, who was a top box office draw in Germany, as a major star in Hollywood. Harvey was under contract to Fox Film, but was loaned out to Columbia Pictures for the production.Ascheid p. 238 After making it, Harvey returned to Europe, first to Britain to appear in Invitation to the WaltzBergfelder & Cargnelli p. 52 and then to Germany, where she starred in Black Roses, which relaunched her German career.
Plot
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Cast
- Lilian Harvey as Kay 'Carlotta' Routledge
- Tullio Carminati as Nick 'Monte' Kerry
- Janet Beecher as Mrs. Routledge
- Hugh Williams as Brian Kerry
- Tala Birell as Countess Margot de Legere
- Luis Alberni as Mario Weems
- Claudia Coleman as Lily Montrose
- Arthur Treacher as Ozzy Featherstone
- Gilbert Emery as Maharajah de Jazaar
- Virginia Hammond as Mrs. Mott
- Adrian Rosley as Cafe Proprietor
- Max Rabinowitz as Pianist
- André Cheron as Frenchman
- John Binet as French Steward
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Ascheid | first = Antje | title = Hitler's Heroines: Stardom and Womanhood in Nazi Cinema | publisher = Temple University Press | year = 2003 | location = Philadelphia | isbn = 978-1-56639-984-5 }}
- {{cite book | editor-last1 = Bergfelder | editor-first1 = Tim | editor-last2 = Cargnelli | editor-first2 = Christian | title = Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2008 | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-85745-019-7 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0025593}}
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Category:American musical comedy films
Category:1935 musical comedy films
Category:Films directed by Victor Schertzinger
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films produced by Robert North
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language musical comedy films
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