clanciai Review of Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight (1932)

A poor tailor desperately trying to get paid by aristocratic customers, who never pay

[10/10 · 26 September 2019]

This is one of the most delightful musical comedies ever made, and it is crowded with innovations. It actually boosted the musical comedy of the 30s to a maximum height that it kept for 30 years. Rouben Mamoulian almost made only masterpieces, and each one was a new breakthrough into new possibilities and trains of thought in cinematic creativeness. Here Maurice Chevalier is teamed with Jeanette MacDonald, who always was reliable for her irresistible beauty and high musicality - add to this her perfect diction. The music is by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (lyrics) and is a prelude to the epoch of Rodgers & Hammerstein and their supreme musicals. There is so much to say about this enchanting picture which you never can see enough of or too many times, since it is replenished with enchanting detials, one of them being the very witty and at times poetical dialog. It also marked the main character of Hollywood in the 30s with their sprightly comedies and bursting inspiration into gaiety, happiness, light and delight. In brief, this is a musical for all times, and you can never grow tired of its limitless and transcendent inspiration.