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Bookmark this pageOne Heavenly Night (1931)
Director: George Fitzmaurice
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hopes for this Goldwyn musical are raised by a stylish opening in which Tashman - as Fritzi, toast of Budapest night life - belts out her number, then gleefully provokes a riot among her admirers. Alas, she is rusticated by the police for scandalous behaviour; and Laye, making her Hollywood debut as a flower-seller with dreams of stardom, is persuaded to serve Fritzi's stint of rustic exile while she holes up with her current lover. Some very sub-Stroheim sex-play ensues as Count Mirko (Boles), the country magistrate responsible for Fritzi's good behaviour, confidently expects to bed the pseudo-Fritzi, while the dismayed innocent sets a romantic snare intended to leave him panting with frustration. True love naturally brings matrimonial bliss, and boredom for the viewer. The songs are standard operetta stuff, moonily sung; there are acres of unfunny comedy for Errol and Cameron (in servant/confidant roles); but the camerawork (George Barnes and Gregg Toland) is gorgeous.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Cast: Evelyn Laye, John Boles, Leon Errol, Lilyan Tashman, Hugh Cameron, Henry Kolker, Marion Lord full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 82 mins
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