Tonight or Never
- 1931
- 1h 20m
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
- Maida Linden
- (uncredited)
- Admirer
- (uncredited)
- Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film marks the screen debut of Melvyn Douglas.
- GoofsWhen Fletcher returns back to Vago's window with a flower; he stands in the middle of a circle of smoked cigarettes he discarded earlier. However when he throws the flower up through the window of her room which is a long shot; he is standing outside the circle of cigarettes.
- Quotes
Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni: And that is just the trouble, it is nothing but an organ. It is as cold and as passionless as one of these American iceboxes. Let me tell you a secret; no woman can ever be a great artist without love, without passion, without a great inside flame in her heart. If she were really an artist, she would sing with more than her voice, she would sing with her heart and her soul and her body. I did!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
Lubitsch had been very successful with a string of European-set romances featuring nobility, artistes, and sophisticates. Sam Goldwyn copies that formula, and while it doesn't all work, enough does to make this worthwhile. Swanson seems an odd casting choice for an opera diva, and thankfully her performances are heard and not seen. Douglas, making his film debut, was carried over from the stage version, and he's perfect. I actually watched this for Karloff, though, who ably plays a small role as a waiter. He was in 14(!!!) movies in 1931, the year of his breakout role in Frankenstein.
- AlsExGal
- Feb 2, 2023
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- Esta noche o nunca
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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