One Night of Love
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Italian |
Budget | $500,000[1] |
Box office | $2,500,000 (worldwide rentals)[1] |
One Night of Love is a 1934 American
In the relatively new use of sound recordings for film, One Night of Love was noted at the time for its innovative use of vertical cut recording, for which Columbia Pictures received an Academy Scientific and Technical Award. It also won the Academy's first Award for Best Original Score.
Plot
Years later, still under Giulio's tutelage, Mary begins to tire of his dominance and discipline. The two meet one of Giulio's old pupils, Lally (Mona Barrie), while in Vienna. Lally once tried to be romantic with Giulio, but was rejected. This past history renders Mary jealous and she pretends to have laryngitis. Mary thinks Giulio has gone to Lally to rekindle a romance, and so visits Bill Houston (Lyle Talbot), a longtime friend who has proposed marriage. In a jealous huff, Mary decides not to sing that night in order to punish Giulio. Giulio realizes what is going on and tells Mary that Lally will replace her on stage, but then proposes to Mary.
She decides to go on, and Mary's performance of
Cast
- Grace Moore – Mary Barrett
- Tullio Carminati – Giulio Monteverdi
- Lyle Talbot – Bill Houston
- Mona Barrie – Lally
- Jessie Ralph – Angelina
- Luis Alberni – Giovanni
- Andrés de Segurola – Galuppi
- Nydia Westman – Muriel
Production
The complete proscenium and part of the wings and seating plan of the Metropolitan Opera House were duplicated for this production and occupied the whole of Columbia's largest sound stage.[3]
Moore's recording and performance of the
Featured music
Grace Moore's title song "One Night of Love" was composed by Victor Schertzinger himself, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The lyrics began "One Night Of Love, When two hearts are one". It was later recorded by Anna Moffo as the title track of a 1965 crossover album.
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Reception
One Night of Love was selected as one of the ten best pictures of 1934 by
Through October 1936 One Night of Love had
Awards and nominations
At the Academy Awards, the film won two out of six nominations, as well as a Technical Award.
- Wins[7]
- Best Music (Scoring): Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
- John Livadary, Sound Director
- Scientific or Technical Award (Class III): To Columbia Pictures Corporation for their application of the Vertical Cut Disc Method (hill and dale recording) to actual studio production, with their recording of the sound on the picture One Night of Love."
- Nominations
- Outstanding Production: Columbia
- Best Directing: Victor Schertzinger
- Best Actress: Grace Moore
- Best Film Editing: Gene Milford
The film was also recognized by the American Film Institute:
- Nominated in 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals[8]
References
- ^ Archive.org.
- ISBN 0-634-00765-3page 32
- ^ "One Night of Love". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "One Night of Love". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- Archive.org.
- S2CID 152896495. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
- ^ "The 7th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-08-13.