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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329032227
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 28400
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1932
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The best movie musical you've never heard of is Love Me Tonight, a deliciously clever 1932 Rodgers and Hart romp. The film opens with a tour de force, as the rhythmic sounds of a Paris morning morph into music and we meet a humble tailor (Maurice Chevalier) whose future looks bright. At least he thinks so. And then the great song 'Isn't It Romantic?' kicks in, introduced by Chevalier but immediately handed off to client, cab driver, and a series of tune-carriers who finally bring the catchy melody to a dreamy princess (Jeannette MacDonald). It's probably the giddiest sequence in a very fun film, and 'Isn't It Romantic?' would continue popping up in Paramount movies for years (Billy Wilder was especially partial to it). The humble tailor must travel to the princess's chateau to collect a bill from family playboy Charlie Ruggles, which puts Chevalier in pleasant proximity to MacDonald and saucy Myrna Loy. It also brings forth more Rodgers and Hart goodies: the classic 'Lover' (a great romantic waltz played here as a lark), 'Mimi,' and the title song. Rouben Mamoulian directed, in the full stride of his early-sound creativity (this was just after his Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), using a variety of effects that look positively New Wave. Chevalier and MacDonald are a delight together (by all means see them in The Love Parade and One Hour with You, too), and Charlie Butterworth has some glorious moments as a prospective MacDonald suitor. Also worth the price of admission: the spectacle of crusty character actor C. Aubrey Smith singing. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The best Lubitsch film which is not directed by Lubitsch!
If somebody wants to find out how popular music and moving images go together to become a great work of art - study this film!
The bonus features are great, the transfer of the film itself seems to have caused some problems. Fast camera movements look a bit bumpy here. Certainly not on a 35mm print! Anyway - this DVD is one of the most important releases and worth its prize!
Rating: - Not outdated at all!
This movie, old as it is, is not outdated at all! Enjoyed it very much. Only wish it have English subtiltes for those of us who are hard of hearing. Maurice Chevalier is wonderful! I wish they have more of his early novies on DVD. I rate this movie very high, it is that good!
Rating: - Funny, charming -- and a stylistic breakthrough
So I'm watching "Dreamgirls" --- well, sort of watching; the screen is blurred by my tears of joy at the mere existence of such a dazzling achievement. And I'm thinking that it's ever so slightly familiar.
It's not the theme, though this is hardly the first film to show how original art is watered down so it can thrill a mass audience.
It's not the music, which starts as strong soul, transits through powerful R&B and ends up as a homogenized vehicle for a star who is, ... Read More
Rating: - A Landmark Musical
Another perfect film is now readily available on DVD. This film is widely recognised as one of the best musicals ever. It combines a superb Rodgers and Hart score with the subtle sexy humour of Ernst Lubitsch and the visual flair which Rouben Mamoulian, the director, brought to so many of his films.
Maurice Chevalier plays a tailor who meets princess Jeanette MacDonald when he visits her castle to collect outstanding debts from Charlie Ruggles. Macdonald is a widow who keeps fainting ... Read More
Rating: - exquisite and very funny........
If you haven't seen "Love Me Tonight," or are not familiar with it, I definitely reccomend that you check it out. This is a great example of the brilliance of the collaboration of Richard Rogers (songwriter) and Lorenz Hart (lyricist). Not only is the music witty, biting and intelligent (and has stood the test of time today), full of innuendo and pointed jabs at the hang-ups of society and the class system, but the whole film succeeds as a musical, comedy, love story and social commentary.
Maurice ... Read More
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