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Give Us This Night (1936)

Give Us This Night poster
Directed by
Alexander Hall
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An opera singer falls in love with a fisherman in a small Italian village. Their romance is threatened by her demanding career and his simple life.

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What happens

Give Us This Night is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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