Tonight And Every Night

Inventively staged and masterfully choreographed, but presenting unconventional romantic relationships and a downbeat ending, Victor Saville's TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT was a departure from standard wartime movie musical fare. Based loosely on "Heart of the City," Lesley Storm's play about the Windmill Theatre's historic refusal to allow the Blitz on London to interrupt the staging of its productions, the film begins with the recollections of the ancient stage manager of the Music Box Theatre, and we are taken in flashback to WW II. Roz Bruce (Rita Hayworth), Judy Kane (Janet Blair), and Tommy Lawson (Marc Platt) are dancers in the musical revue that hits the Music B...