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''Give Us This Night'' is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring "Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 25, 1937"
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After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (
''Give Us This Night'' at SwarthoutFamily.org
1936 films 1936 musical films American musical films American black-and-white films Films directed by Alexander Hall Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub
Gladys Swarthout
Gladys Swarthout (December 25, 1900 in Deepwater, Missouri – July 7, 1969 in Florence, Italy) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer and actress.
Career
While studying at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago, a group of friends arran ...
, a very popular Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ...
mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore
Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.Obituary ''Variety'', January 29, 1947, page 48. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped ...
, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies.''
Time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...
''. January 25, 1937.
Plot
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish singer (tenor) and actor.
Life and career
Jan Kiepura was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, the son of Miriam (née Neuman), a former professional singer, and Franciszek Kiepura, a b ...
) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale
Philip Merivale (2 November 1886 – 12 March 1946) was an English film and stage actor and screenwriter.
Life and career
Merivale was born in Rehutia, Manickpur, India, to railway engineer Walter Merivale (1855–1902) and Emma Magd ...
). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
Production background
Scenes from the film were shot at Three Arch Bay near South Laguna, California.See also
* '' Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) * '' Champagne Waltz'' (1937) * '' Romance in the Dark'' (1938) * ''Ambush
An ambush is a long-established military tactic in which a combatant uses an advantage of concealment or the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind mo ...
'' (1939)
References
External links
*''Give Us This Night'' at SwarthoutFamily.org
1936 films 1936 musical films American musical films American black-and-white films Films directed by Alexander Hall Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub