TONIGHT OR NEVER.

Hungarian prima donna Nella Vargo (Swanson) sings Tosca in Venice. Her music teacher Rudig says she can not be the greatest opera singer in history until she performs in New York City. She becomes smitten with the man, until Rudig claims he is a gigolo whose latest client is Marchesa Bianca San Giovanni. Later that afternoon, she finds out her fiancé is having an affair with one of her enemies.

Credits

Cast
Gloria Swanson, Constance Cummings
Complete catalog record
TONIGHT OR NEVER. United Artists. Presented by Samuel Goldwyn. 1931. 9 reels, sd. Based on David Belasco's stage success by Lili Hatvany. Credits: Director, Mervyn Leroy; screenplay, Ernest Vajda; adaptation, Frederick Hatton, Fanny Hatton; film editor, Grant Whytock; music director, Alfred Newman. Feature Productions, Inc. (Lili Hatvany, author); 26Dec31; LP2739.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Ideal Pictures Corporation Motion Picture Catalog, 1940-1941 — title, creator, length, format, sound, genre, description, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q7821475 ↗ — color, country