One Night of Love
US (1934): Musical
Mary Barrett (Grace Moore) is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wing of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi (Tullio Carminati). After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy and misunderstandings prevent Mary and Guilio from acknowledging their true feelings. Victor Schertzinger directs and scores this shimmering masterpiece from Columbia. (IMDb)
Grace Moore sings a number of songs in the picture. In addition to Schertzinger's title song, she sings "Ciri-Biri-Bin" and "The Last Rose of Summer". She shows her operatic chops with arias such as "Un bel di" from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly", "Habanera" from Bizet's "Carmen", "Sempre libera" and "Ah! fors' è lui" from Verdi's "La Traviata", and she joins in the sextet "Chi mi frena" from Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor".
6 nominations, 2 Awards
· Music Scoring Awards (Best Score) 1934: Louis Silvers (Columbia Studio Music Departmental Head), Victor Schertzinger - Thematic Music, Gus Kahn - Thematic Music
· Best Sound Recording 1934: Paul Neal (w. John P. Livadary, Sound Department head)
· Best Picture 1934: Harry Cohn, producer (w. Everett Riskin)
· Actress 1934: Grace Moore
· Directing 1934: Victor Schertzinger
· Film Editing 1934: Gene Milford