Tonight or Never
- 1931
- 1h 20m
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
- Maida Linden
- (uncredited)
- Admirer
- (uncredited)
- Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Hays Office strongly objected to the film after it was completed and demanded several extensive cuts. The sequence most objected to was the love scene between "Nella Vago" and "Jim Fletcher," about which Hays Office staff member Lamar Trotti commented, "This scene was one of the most offensive, if not the most offensive-in my recollection." Other scenes trimmed showed the character of Nella "writhing on a day-bed in a particularly offensive manner," and her being unable to sleep because of the honeymooners in the next room.
- Goofs(at around 13 mins) When Fletcher returns to Nella Vago's window with a flower, he stands in the middle of a circle of smoked cigarettes he previously had discarded. However, when he throws the flower up through the window of her room (which is a long shot), he is standing outside the circle of cigarettes.
- Quotes
Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni: And that is just the trouble, it is nothing but an organ. It is as cold and as passionless as one of these American iceboxes. Let me tell you a secret; no woman can ever be a great artist without love, without passion, without a great inside flame in her heart. If she were really an artist, she would sing with more than her voice, she would sing with her heart and her soul and her body. I did!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021)
For most of this movie, I kept imagining Norma Desmond. In an alternate universe, this could be the prequel to that classic. Swanson and her eyes give a compelling performance although I'm not taken with the character. She's such a diva early on. I don't like her at the beginning and it's hard to get into this.
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- Apr 9, 2024
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- 莫負今宵
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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