LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Rouben Mamoulian
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles,
Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, C. Aubrey Smith
A visually impressive early sound musical, groundbreaking for its integration of music and cinema to tell a story. The story has Maurice as a Paris tailor romancing a princess played by Jeanette MacDonald. Musical highlights include "Mimi", "Isn't It Romantic?" and the opening production number set to the everyday sounds of the city. Lots of playful pre-code dialogue, including the exchange that occurs when MacDonald collapses and somebody asks Myrna Loy if she can go for a doctor. "Certainly," Loy replies. "Bring him right in."
