Every Night at Eight

Every Night at Eight
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Written byC. Graham Barker
Based onstory "Three on a Mike" by Stanley Garvey
Produced byWalter Wanger
Starring
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Music by
Production
company
Walter Wanger Productions Inc.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1935 (1935-08-02)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$266,956[1]
Box office$507,117[1]

Every Night at Eight is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on the story Three On a Mike by Stanley Garvey.[2][3]

The song "I'm in the Mood for Love" was introduced in this film by Frances Langford. "I Feel a Song Coming On" was performed by Harry Barris and a band and reprised by Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly, and also sung by James Miller with chorus.

Pioneer scat singer and songwriter Harry Barris, formerly of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys along with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, has a small role as "Harry."

  1. ^ a b Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p435
  2. ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 62-63
  3. ^ Every Night at Eight Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 2, Iss. 13, (Jan 1, 1935): 123.