One Night of Love (1934)

60% of critics liked it
(5 reviews)
44% of users liked it
(112 ratings)

After several false starts, opera star Grace Moore became a motion picture success in the sublimely assembled One Night of Love. Moore opens the film by losing a radio talent contest in New York. She disconsolately heads to Europe, where the best job she can come up with is singing in a restaurant.… More After several false starts, opera star Grace Moore became a motion picture success in the sublimely assembled One Night of Love. Moore opens the film by losing a radio talent contest in New York. She disconsolately heads to Europe, where the best job she can come up with is singing in a restaurant. Here she is discovered by brilliant voice-teacher Tulio Carminatti, who carefully nurtures Moore until she becomes the toast of the European opera world. The two fall in love, but jealousy nearly destroys them both. Happily, Moore recovers to the extent of making a triumphant return to the US as reigning diva of the Metropolitan Opera. One Night of Love represents Grace Moore's finest screen work. The film's musical manifest includes such operatic standards as Lucia di Lammermoor, Madame Butterfly and Carmen; the "contemporary" musical lineup was composed by such hands as Louis Silvers (who won an Oscar for his efforts), Victor Schertzinger (who also directed), and Gus Kahn. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Victor Schertzinger
Written By: S. K. Lauren, James Gow, Edmund H. North
Genres: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics

In Theaters: Sep 15, 1934 Wide
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Variety Staff, Variety
One Night of Love is basically an operatic film. It's the fact that the film is human, down to earth, that helps most.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
An enjoyable light diversion, one worthy of the charm and talent of its stellar performer.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
It's all rather cliche-ridden, but the film was a box office hit and began a brief period of Hollywood stardom for operatic diva Moore.
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Worth watching as a sampler of the kind of musical that prevailed for a short time, the Hollywood operetta, featuring former Metropolitan Opera diva Grace Moore singing arias from Carmen and Madame Butterfly alongside more popular tunes by Kahn and others
Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
Once you got over the thrill of seeing real opera sung onscreen, you get tired of the tired story.

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Cast

            Grace Moore as Mary Barrett

            Tullio Carminatti as Giulio Monteverdi

            Lyle Talbot as Bill Houston

            Mona Barrie as Lally

            Jessie Ralph as Angelina Housekeeper

            Luis Alberni as Giovanni

            Andreas De Segurola as Galuppi

            Rosemary Glosz as Frappazini

            Nydia Westman as Muriel

            Henry Armetta as Cafe Proprietor

            Reginald Barlow as Stage Manager

            Herman Bing as Vegetable Man

            William Burress as Mary's Father

            Frederick Burton as Impresario

            Jane Darwell as Mary's Mother

            Paul Ellis as Pinkerton

            Curt Furberg as Stage Manager

            Arthur Stuart Hull as Sugar Daddy

            Sam Hayes as Radio Announcer

            Olaf Hytten as Viennese Valet

            Hans Joby as Taxi Driver

            Arno Johnson as Second Doctor

            Edward Keane as Stage Director

            Marion Lessing as German Girl

            Wilfred Lucas
            
            Michael Mark as Flower Store Man

            Spec O'Donnell as Call Boy

            Rafael Storm as Man

            Fredrik Vogeding as First Doctor

            Leo White as Florist

            Reginald Le Borg as Opera Director

            John Ardizoni as Radio Judge

            Wadsworth Harris as Judge

            Edmund Burns
            
            Richard La Marr as Steward

            Joseph P. Mack as Captain of Italian Yacht

            Tullio Carminati
            
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