Tonight and Every Night (1945)

Tonight and Every Night (1945)

„Tonight and Every Night“ is a 1945 musical film directed by Victor Saville from the screenplay by Lesser Samuels and Abem Finkel, based on the 1942 play „Heart of a City“ by Lesley Storm.

The theater in which this film is set was called The Windmill and performers there refused to be deterred by the blitz that was leveling much of London at the time.

Cast:

• 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)
• Dusty Anderson – Toni
• Stephen Crane – Observer Leslie Wiggins
• Jim Bannon – Life Photographer
• Florence Bates – May Tolliver
• Ernest Cossart – Sam Royce
• Richard Haydn – Specialty
• Philip Merivale – Reverend Gerald Lundy
• Patrick O’Moore – David Long
• Keith Hitchcock – A.R.P. Man
• P.J. Kelly – A.R.P. Man
• Frank Leigh – Air Warden
• Gary Bruce – American Soldier
• Fred Graff – American Soldier
• Ann Codee – Annette
• Sheila Roberts – Barmaid
• Cecil Stewart – Bert
• Donald Dewar – Boy
• Nelson Leigh – British Army Officer
• Anthony Marsh – British Sailor
• Richard Dean – British Soldier
• Richard Woodruff – British Soldier
• Shelley Winters – Bubbles
• Billy Bevan – Cabbie
• Robert B. Williams – Chief Petty Officer
• Queenie Leonard – Cockney Woman
• Rod Alexander – Dancer
• Jack Cole – Dancer
• George Martin – Dancer
• Alex Romero – Dancer
• Nigel Horton – English Sailor
• Coulter Irwin – English Sailor
• Alec Craig – Englishman
• George Kirby – Father
• Mildred Law – Frenchie
• Gavin Muir – Group Captain G. Homesby
• Adolf Hitler – Hitler (voice) (archive sound)
• Elizabeth Inglis – Joan
• Charles Meakin – Jolly Trio Member
• Dagmar Oakland – Jolly Trio Member
• Victor Travis – Jolly Trio Member
• Joy Harington – Mrs. Good
• Aminta Dyne – Mrs. Peabody
• Wilson Benge – News Vendor
• C. Montague Shaw – Old Bobby
• Russell Burroughs – Orderly
• Marilyn Johnson – Pamela
• Charles McNaughton – Peters
• Stuart Nedd – Petty Officer
• David Clyde – Police Sergeant
• Edward Cooper – Room Waiter
• John Bleifer – Russian Sailor
• John Heath – Sailor
• David Thursby – Scottish Soldier
• Karen X. Gaylord – Showgirl
• Adele Jergens – Showgirl
• Ethel Martin – Showgirl
• Amzie Strickland – Showgirl
• Katherine Yorke – Showgirl
• Robin Sanders Clark – Undetermined Secondary Role
• Jeanne Bates – W.A.C. Woman
• W.E. Lawrence – Waiter
• Dorothy Vernon – Wardrobe Woman

„Music Box Girls“ (Tonight and Every Night) ist ein Musicalfilm von 1945 unter der Regie von Victor Saville nach dem Drehbuch von Lesser Samuels und Abem Finkel, das auf dem Theaterstück "Heart of a City" von Lesley Storm aus dem Jahr 1942 basiert.

Das Theater, in dem der Film spielt, hieß "The Windmill", und die Darsteller ließen sich nicht vom Blitzkrieg abschrecken, der zu dieser Zeit große Teile Londons verwüstete.