Tonight or Never

1931

Action / Comedy / Romance

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1825 1.8K

pre-code opera singer

Plot summary

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Director

Mervyn LeRoy Photo
Mervyn LeRoy

Top cast

Boris Karloff Photo
Boris Karloff as Waiter
Gloria Swanson Photo
Gloria Swanson as Nella Vago
Greta Meyer Photo
Greta Meyer as Emma
Melvyn Douglas Photo
Melvyn Douglas as Jim Fletcher
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743.71 MB
1280*934
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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1.35 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by whpratt1 6 / 10

BORIS KARLOFF APPEARS WITH GREAT STARS!

This film is truly a classic, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Nella Vago(Gloria Swanson), a young singer, performs an operatic debut in Venice but discovers her reception disappointing. She is critized by her instructor (Ferdinand Gottschalk) claiming her voice lacks warmth and feeling. A mysterious young man stalks her everywhere, (Melvyn Douglas) who is really a talent scout for the Met. The cast with Gloria Swanson("Sunset Blvd." with Wm. Holden) and Melvyn Douglas and Boris Karloff who had gained famed as being the Frankenstein Monster made this film a great success during the early 1930's. Karloff gave a very good performance as a high classed waiter with no horror expressions on his face. It was a great picture during that period of time and is worth viewing.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

Samuel Goldwyn tries to emulate Ernst Lubitsch...

... and largely succeeds in this Continental romance from director Mervyn LeRoy. Gloria Swanson stars as famous opera singer Nella Vago, the toast of the European music scene who is just finishing a smashing engagement in Vienna. However, some view her style as too technical and lacking real emotion, and so the elusive American market is closed to her. Although engaged to the foppish Count Albert (Warburton Gamble), Nella notices a mysterious male figure that seems to be following her. When Nella heads off to Budapest, she finds that the man, Jim Fletcher (Melvyn Douglas) is on the same train. When she decides to confront him, it may just lead to her finding the emotional footing that she needs. Also featuring Alison Skipworth, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig, Greta Meyer, Boris Karloff, and J. Carrol Naish.Lubitsch had been very successful with a string of European-set romances featuring nobility, artistes, and sophisticates. Sam Goldwyn copies that formula, and while it doesn't all work, enough does to make this worthwhile. Swanson seems an odd casting choice for an opera diva, and thankfully her performances are heard and not seen. Douglas, making his film debut, was carried over from the stage version, and he's perfect. I actually watched this for Karloff, though, who ably plays a small role as a waiter. He was in 14(!!!) movies in 1931, the year of his breakout role in Frankenstein.
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