Sunday, February 7, 2010

TO NIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (1945)


Tonight and Every Night (1945) Musical. Cast: Rita Hayworth and Lee Bowman. Best Music, Original Song (for "Anywhere") and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. A highlight of the film is Hayworth in the "You Excite Me", a number often said to one of Hayworth's best performances.
The film takes place in a old music hall, which never misses a performance even during the height of the War. Five times a day, Rosalind and her group of dancers put on a show. Soon, a romance develops between Rosalind and RAF pilot Paul Lundy. The numbers are wonderfully staged. Also, one of the chorus girls is a slim Shelley Winters.

FUN FACT:

Rita Hayworth was pregnant during production. As a result, the musical numbers were filmed first, before the pregnancy began to show. As filming progressed, great care was taken to hide her growing belly with muffs, furniture and purses.

Soundtracks:
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"Tonight and Every Night"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears) in film's finale

"What Does an English Girl Think of a Yank?"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears)
Danced by Rita Hayworth, Jack Cole and dance chorus

"You Excite Me"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung and Danced by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears)



"Anywhere"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Janet Blair
Also played on xylophone by Professor Lamberti with Rita Hayworth dancing in the background

"Pop Goes the Weasel"
Traditional children's tune
Played on xylophone by Professor Lamberti

"Listen to the Mockingbird"
Music by Richard Milburn
Played on xylophone by Professor Lamberti

"Largo al factotum"
from "The Barber of Seville"
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Lyrics by Cesare Sterbini
Played on the radio
Danced to by Marc Platt

"The Boy I Left Behind"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears) and Janet Blair

"Cry and You Cry Alone"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears)
Danced by Rita Hayworth, Marc Platt and chorus

1 comment:

  1. So-so musical with uncharacteristically weak score by Jule Styne. (The only really good song is "Anywhere.") Hayworth, who is a fine dancer, is not well served by choreographer Jack Cole (compare, for instance Hayworth in her two films with Astaire). Mark Platt, the sole credited male dancer, was a dud, and Lee Bowman was just there to look handsome. A plus is the technicolor, but the whole affair would have been much better had it come from MGM.

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