Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- Starring:
- Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman, (more)
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
Synopsis of Tonight and Every Night
Based on a play by Leslie Storm, Tonight and Every Night is a musical wartime morale booster in which star Rita Hayworth is but one of a lively ensemble. Set in battle-scarred Britain, the action takes place in a seedy old music hall, which never misses a performance even at the height of the "blitz". Five times a day like clockwork, American-born entertainer Rosalind Bruce (Rita Hayworth) and her British cohorts put on a show for their ever-appreciative audiences. Along the way, a romance develops between Rosalind and RAF pilot Paul Lundy (Lee Bowman). Providing excellent support are Janet Blair as the troupe's plucky ingenue and Broadway alumnus Marc Platt as the entourage's resident eccentric dancer. The individual numbers are inventively staged, with one scene creatively harnessing the Technicolor process in an eye-popping manner seldom seen in 1940s films. All that Tonight and Every Night lacks is a memorable score, though Rita's solo number "Anywhere" enjoyed brief hit-parade popularity. Incidentally, one of the chorus girls is a slim-and-trim Shelley Winters! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tonight and Every Night
- Rita Hayworth - Rosalind (Roz) Bruce
- Janet Blair - Judy Kane
- Florence Bates - May Tolliver
- Shelley Winters - Bubbles
- Stephen Crane - Leslie Wiggins
- Ernest Cossart - Sam Royce
- Pat O'Moore - David Long
- Marilyn Johnson - Pamela
- Elizabeth Inglis - Joan
- Joy Harrington - Mrs. Good
- Richard Haydn - Specialty
- Wilson Benge - News Vendor
- William E. Lawrence - Waiter
- Fred Graham - American Soldier
- Stuart Nedd - Petty Officer
- Donald Dewar - Boy
- Robert B. Williams - U.S. CPO
- Charles McNaughton - Peters
- Cecil Stewart - Bert
- Frank Leigh - Air Warden
- Queenie Leonard - Cockney Woman
- Sheila Roberts - Barmaid
- George Kirby - Father
- Lee Bowman - Paul Lundy
- Marc Platt - Tommy Lawson
- Leslie Brooks - Angela
- Dusty Anderson - Toni
- Jim Bannon - Life Photographer
- Philip Merivale - Rev. Gerald Lundy
- Gavin Muir - Group Captain
- Mildred Law - Frenchie
- Aminta Dyne - Mrs. Peabody
- Ann Codee - Annette
- Richard Deane - British Soldier
- Professor Lamberti - The Great Waldo
- Jeanne Bates - WAC
- John Bleifer - Russian Sailor
- C. Montague Shaw - Old Bobby
- Keith Hitchcock - ARP Man
- David Clyde - Police Sergeant
- Alec Craig - Englishman
- Charles Meakin - Jolly Trio
- Adele Jergens - Show Girl
- David Thursby - Scotch Soldier
- Nelson Leigh - British Army Officer
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
- Writer(s):
- Lesser Samuels, Abem Finkel
- Producer(s):
- Victor Saville
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