Tonight and Every Night 1945

Tonight and Every Night Columbia, 1945, Color, 92 minutes
Released January, 1945

A different sort of film from the war years, Tonight and Every Night begins with the reminiscences of the stage manager of the Music Box Theatre. Flashback to WWII - Roz Bruce (Rita Hayworth), Judy Kane (Janet Blair), and Tommy Lawson (Marc Platt) are dancers in the musical revue on the Music Box stage every night despite the falling bombs, much to the delight of the servicemen who fill the theater. RAF pilot Paul Lundy (Lee Bowman) is powerfully attracted to Roz and they fall in love. Judy and Tommy are killed in the bombing, and Paul and Roz separate without making any commitments to each other. Some truly great and unique production numbers fill in the story.

Produced and Directed by: Victor Saville
Screenplay: Abem Finkel and Lesser Samuels
(based on the play "Heart of the City" by Lesley Storm)
Music Director: Jack Cole
Musical Score: Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff
Song Score: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Choreography: Jack Cole and Val Raset
Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Stephen Goosson, Rudolph Sternad
Set Decoration: Frank Tuttle
Costume Design: Jean Louis, Marcel Vertes
Sound: Lambert Day, William Randall
Special Effects: Lawrence W. Butler
Cinematography: Rudolph Mate
Film Editing: Viola Lawrence

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Musical) (Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff) and Best Song ("Anywhere")

Cast: Rita Hayworth [Rosalind "Roz" Bruce], Lee Bowman [Paul Lundy], Janet Blair [Judy Kane], Marc Platt [Tommy Lawson], Leslie Brooks [Angela], Professor Lamberti [The Great Waldo], Dusty Anderson [Toni], Stephen Crane [Leslie Wiggins], Jim Bannon [Life Magazine Photographer], Florence Bates [May Tolliver], Ernest Cossart [Sam Royce], Philip Merivale [Rev. Gerald Lundy], Patrick O'Moore [David Long], Gavin Muir [Group Captain], Shelley Winters [Bubbles], Marilyn Johnson [Pamela], Mildred Law [Frenchie], Elizabeth Inglise [Joan], Aminta Dyne [Mrs. Peabody], Joy Harrington [Mrs. Good], Ann Codee [Annette], Cecil Stewart [Bert], Dagmar Oakland, Victor Travers, Charles Meakin [Jolly Trio], Edward Cooper, William Lawrence [Waiters], Gary Bruce, Fred Graff (aka Fred Graham) [American Soldiers], David Thursby [Scotch Soldier], Jeanne Bates [WAC], Robert B. Williams [U.S. CPO], John Bleifer [Russian Sailor], Tom Bryson, Nigel Horton [English Sailors], Adele Jergens [Showgirl], Donald Dewar [Boy], P. J. Kelly, Keith Hitchcock [ARP Men], Charles McNaughton [Peters], Stuart Nedd [Petty Officer], Russell Burroughs [Orderly], George Kirby [Father], John Heath, Tony Marsh [British Sailors], Richard Woodruff, Richard Deane [British Soldiers], Wilson Benge [News Vendor], Nelson Leigh [British Army Officer], C. Montague Shaw [Old Bobby], Alec Craig [Englishman], David Clyde [Police Sergeant], Queenie Leonard [Cockney Woman], Sheila Roberts [Barmaid], Frank Leigh [Air Warden], Richard Haydn [Specialty], Martha Mears [singing voice for Rita Hayworth]

Musical Program: Cry and You Cry Alone (sung by Marc Platt and Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); What Does an English Girl Think of a Yank? (sung by Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth); Anywhere (sung by Janet Blair); The Boy I Left Behind (sung by Janet Blair and Martha Meers dubbing for Rita Hayworth); You Excite Me (sung by Martha Meers dubbing for Rita Hayworth); Tonight And Every Night (sung by Janet Blair and Martha Meers dubbing for Rita Hayworth)