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Tonight and Every Night is a 1945 American musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair. The film portrays wartime romance and tragedy in a London musical show, loosely modelled on the Windmill Theatre in Soho, that determined not to miss a single performance during the Blitz. Hayworth plays an American showgirl who falls in love with an RAF pilot played by Bowman.
The film was adapted from the play Heart of a City by Lesley Storm. It was used as a Technicolor vehicle for Rita Hayworth after her success with Cover Girl. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Music, Original Song (for "Anywhere") and Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. A major highlight of the film is Hayworth in the "You Excite Me" number, a number often cited as one of Hayworth's best performances.
Original Release
01/09/1945
US Release
01/09/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rita Hayworth | Rosalind Bruce |
Lee Bowman | Squadron Leader Paul Lundy |
Janet Blair | Judy Kane |
Marc Platt | Tommy Lawson |
Leslie Brooks | Angela |
Professor Lamberti | Fred, (The Great Waldo) / Fred (The Great Waldo) |
Dusty Anderson | Toni |
Stephen Crane | Observer Leslie Wiggins |
Jim Bannon | Life Photographer |
Florence Bates | May Tolliver |
Directors
Writers
Lesser Samuels, Abem Finkel, Lesley Storm
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rita Hayworth | Rosalind Bruce |
Lee Bowman | Squadron Leader Paul Lundy |
Janet Blair | Judy Kane |
Marc Platt | Tommy Lawson |
Leslie Brooks | Angela |
Professor Lamberti | Fred, (The Great Waldo) / Fred (The Great Waldo) |
Dusty Anderson | Toni |
Stephen Crane | Observer Leslie Wiggins |
Jim Bannon | Life Photographer |
Florence Bates | May Tolliver |
Ernest Cossart | Sam Royce / Sam Royc |
Richard Haydn | Specialty |
Philip Merivale | Reverend Gerald Lundy |
Patrick O'Moore | David Long |
Rod Alexander | Dancer |
Jeanne Bates | W.A.C. Woman |
Wilson Benge | News Vendor |
Billy Bevan | Cabbie |
John Bleifer | Russian Sailor |
Gary Bruce | American Soldier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Victor Saville | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |