''Tell Me Tonight'' or ''Be Mine Tonight'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring

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and

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. It was shot in

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at the

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s as part of a co-production between

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and the German firm Cine-Allianz.Wood p.76 A separate German-language version '' The Song of Night'' was also released.

Cast

as Enrico Ferraro *

as Alexander Koretsky *

as Mathilde Pategg * Edmund Gwenn as Mayor Pategg *

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as Mrs. Pategg * Betty Chester as Miss Barker *

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as Balthasar

References

Bibliography

* Creekmur, Corey & Mokdad, Linda. ''The International Film Musical''. Edinburgh University Press, 2012. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 musical comedy films British musical comedy films 1930s English-language films British multilingual films Gainsborough Pictures films Films directed by Anatole Litvak Cine-Allianz films British black-and-white films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1932 multilingual films 1930s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub