One Night of Love (1934)

Mary Barrett is an aspiring Opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their ... See full summary »

Director:

Victor Schertzinger

Writers:

S.K. Lauren (screenplay), James Gow (screenplay),

Stars:

Grace Moore, Tullio Carminati, Lyle Talbot

Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited 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 (as Andres De Segurola)
Rosemary Glosz	...	Frappazini
Nydia Westman	...	Muriel

Storyline

Mary Barrett is an aspiring Opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings.

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Plot Keywords:

singer | love | opera | singing | opera singer | 

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Genres:

Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

15 September 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das leuchtende Ziel

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Music Score (for Louis Silvers) as 1934 was the first year that an Oscar for this category was introduced.

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Connections

Featured in The Soundman (1950)

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Soundtracks

"Santa Lucia"
(uncredited)
Traditional Italian folksong
Background music for the yacht scene

User Reviews

Grace Moore's Oscar-nominated role in very dated musical...

Unlike MGM's favorite soprano, JEANETTE MacDONALD, other singers from the Met tried screen careers at various times in the '30s, but none emerged winning enough as screen personalities to rival Jeanette. Columbia tried hard with GRACE MOORE and this is undoubtedly one of her better efforts at attaining screen stardom. TULLIO CARMINATI is amusingly persistent as her demanding voice coach who discovers her singing "Ciribiribin" in a cellar cafe before offering to become her tutor. LYLE TALBOT is her boyfriend with marriage on his mind. But the silly script has Miss Moore acting like a spoiled prima donna, cavorting with boyfriend Talbot while supposedly training for her big moment as "Carmen". A series of misunderstandings involving another woman, MONA BARRIE (strongly resembling Kay Francis), makes up much of the backstage part of the story and only weakens the overall film. Moore is fine whenever she's singing but the lip synch is way off during the final "Un Bel Di" and it's hard to see where her performance earned her an Oscar nomination for the acting part of her role. Summing up: A disappointment for me, regardless of glowing tributes from the other commentators on this particular film.