Every Night at Eight (1935)

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Stanley Garvey (story)
Gene Towne (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

2 August 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

It's the Busiest...Snappiest Musical Picture of the Year...Packed with Songs...Tears and Laughter! (original poster)

Plot:

Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to 'lease' the dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singin...

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Trio | Mint Julep | Singing | Amateur Hour

Cast

George Raft	...	'Tops' Cardona
Alice Faye	...	Dixie Foley aka Dixie Dean
Patsy Kelly	...	Daphne O'Connor
Frances Langford	...	Susan Moore
Henry Taylor	...	Member of the Radio Rogues
Jimmy Hollywood	...	Member of the Radio Rogues
Eddie Bartell	...	Member of the Radio Rogues
Walter Catlett	...	Master of Ceremonies
Harry Barris	...	Harry
Herman Bing	...	Joe Schmidt
Ted Fio Rito	...	Ted - Leader of the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra
John Dilson	...	Huxley
Louise Carver	...	Mrs. Snyder
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Boothe Howard	...	Martin
Florence Roberts	...	Mrs. Murgatroyd

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Coldwater Canyon, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Walter Wanger Productions

Trivia:

For Brunswick Records in 1935, Francis Langford waxed four songs from the movie score: "I'm in the Mood for Love" (music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Dorothy Fields), "I Feel a Song Coming On" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Fields and George Oppenheimer), "Speaking Confidentially" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Fields), and "Then You've Never Been Blue" (music by Ted Fio Rito, lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young). Miss Langford, moving to the Decca label, recorded second commercial versions of "Then You've Never Been Blue" in 1938, and "I'm in the Mood for Love" in 1939.

Quotes:

Daphne O'Connor: Say, you were swell.
Tops Cardona: I know it. You any good?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

I Feel a Song Coming on

Showcase for fans of classic radio

Three adorable but out of work and homeless women try to win $100 in amateur contest on the radio, but when Susan (Frances Langford) passes out from lack of food, the prize goes to supremely confident and good-looking band leader Tops (George Raft). Once he really hears them sing, however, he brings them on board with his band. And by working them day and night brings them success with their own radio program. But his hyper-strict rules have Dixie (Alice Faye) and Daphne (Patsy Kelly) chafing for some freedom. Though Susan has quietly fallen for Tops, she goes along with the girls' scheme to buck his authority and possibly ruin his show.

Sure it's not much of a plot, but this is a good-natured showcase for a host of talents and great wisecracks from Patsy Kelly. The girls are fun, Faye and particularly Langford get great solos. Langford makes "I'm in the Mood for Love" a standard. Raft, besides looking cool, gets to do a little dancing. Harry Barris has some rousing if brief little vocal ditties. And truly marvelous is uncredited singer James Miller, who takes over in the middle of the extended "I Feel a Song Coming On" number.

If you're a fan of old-time radio you'll recognize all the corny exchanges and weird acts on the "gong show" radio program and maybe try to sing like a chicken yourself.