Every Night at Eight
| Every Night at Eight | |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Written by | C. Graham Barker |
| Based on | story "Three on a Mike" by Stanley Garvey |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger |
| Starring | |
| Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
| Music by |
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Production company | Walter Wanger Productions Inc. |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | August 2, 1935 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $266,956[1] |
| Box office | $507,117[1] |
Every Night at Eight is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on the story Three On a Mike by Stanley Garvey.[2][3]
The song "I'm in the Mood for Love" was introduced in this film by Frances Langford. "I Feel a Song Coming On" was performed by Harry Barris and band and reprised by Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly, and also sung by James Miller with chorus.
Plot
Three young women working in an agency have built a singing trio. They want to 'lease' the dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station. Due to lack of food Susan Moore becomes unconscious and the contest is won by a big band. The film involves a trio of young female singers trying to break into show business. They become involved with a bandleader, Tops Cardona. This big band offers them a job with them at the radio station, they accept but after a while they again start to reach out for higher things and leave the big band.
Cast
- George Raft as Tops Cardona
- Alice Faye as Dixie Foley
- Frances Langford as Susan Moore
- Patsy Kelly as Daphne O'Connor
- Walter Catlett as the Master of Ceremonies (M.C.)
- Herman Bing As Joe Schmidt
- John Dilson As Huxley
- Louise Carver As Mrs. Snyder
- Claud Allister As Mr. Vernon
- Florence Gill As Henrietta
- Harry Barris as Harry
Production
Alice Faye was cast in April 1935. Filming began the following month.[4] It was completed by the end of June.[5]
Songs
All songs with music by Jimmy McHugh, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields and George Oppenheimer except where noted.
- "Take It Easy"
- "Speaking Confidentially"
- "Then You've Never Been Blue" (Ted Fio Rito/Frances Langford/Sam M. Lewis)
- "Every Night at Eight"
- "I Feel a Song Coming On"
- "I'm in the Mood For Love"
Reception
The film made a profit of $148,782.[1]
Filmink said Raft was "very animated".[6]
References
- ^ a b c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p435
- ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 62-63
- ^ Every Night at Eight Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 2, Iss. 13, (Jan 1, 1935): 123.
- ^ SCREEN NOTES. New York Times 25 Apr 1935: 18.
- ^ Studio Party Celebrates Completion of Production: More Than 150 Guests at Festive Evening Featured by Imnpromptu Acts Kester, Marshall. Los Angeles Times 30 June 1935: B4.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (February 9, 2020). "Why Stars Stop Being Stars: George Raft". Filmink.
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