| Love Me Tonight | |
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| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Written by | Samuel Hoffenstein George Marion Jr. Waldemar Young |
| Produced by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Rouben Mamoulian William Shea |
| Music by | Richard Rodgers (music) Lorenz Hart (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $685,000 (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1] |
Love Me Tonight is a 1932 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart. It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who poses as a nobleman and Jeanette MacDonald as a princess with whom he falls in love. It also stars Charles Ruggles as a penniless nobleman, along with Charles Butterworth and Myrna Loy as members of his family.
The film is an adaptation by Samuel Hoffenstein, George Marion Jr. and Waldemar Young of the play Le Tailleur au château ("The tailor at the castle") by Paul Armont and Léopold Marchand.[2][3]
- ^ "You Didn't Have Ice Cream All The Way Through ... --- Part One". greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com. October 2, 2007.
- ^ Milne, 1969 p. 162-163: Filmography
- ^ Spergel, 1993 p. 278: Filmography and Stageography