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Tonight and Every Night is a american film of genre Drama directed by Victor Saville released in USA on 9 january 1945 with Rita Hayworth

Tonight and Every Night (1945)

Tonight and Every Night
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Released in USA 9 january 1945
Length 1h32
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical theatre,    Musical,    Romance
Rating61% 3.095273.095273.095273.095273.09527

Tonight and Every Night is a 1945 American musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair. The film portrays wartime romance and tragedy in a London musical show, loosely modelled on the Windmill Theatre in Soho, that determined not to miss a single performance during the Blitz. Hayworth plays an American showgirl who falls in love with an RAF pilot played by Bowman.

The film was adapted from the play Heart of a City by Lesley Storm. It was used as a Technicolor vehicle for Rita Hayworth after her success with Cover Girl. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Music, Original Song (for "Anywhere") and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. A major highlight of the film is Hayworth in the "You Excite Me" number, a number often cited as one of Hayworth's best performances.

Synopsis

Near the end of the war, a reporter from Life magazine comes to the Music Box Theatre in London to write a story about the music hall that never missed putting on a performance during the Blitz. Stage manager Sam Royce recalls the halcyon days at the beginning of the war: Theatrical impresario May "Tolly" Tolliver is rehearsing her performers when dancer Tommy Lawson comes to audition. Although Tommy is a naturally gifted dancer, he improvises all his steps and consequently, Tolly refuses to hire him. Taking pity on Tommy, Americans Rosalind Bruce and Judy Kane, members of the troupe, teach him their routines, and he wins a part in the show.

Actors

Rita Hayworth

(Rosalind Bruce)
Lee Bowman

(Squadron Leader Paul Lundy)
Janet Blair

(Judy Kane)
Florence Bates

(May Tolliver)
Marc Platt

(Tommy Lawson)
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