Tonight Is Ours
Encyclopedia
Tonight Is Ours is a 1933 film made by Paramount Pictures
, directed by Stuart Walker
, and starring Claudette Colbert
, Fredric March
and Alison Skipworth
. It is based on the play The Queen Was in the Parlour
by Noël Coward
.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, directed by Stuart Walker
Stuart Walker (film-maker)
Stuart Walker was an American film producer and director. He was born Stuart Armstrong Walker in Augusta, Kentucky, and died in Beverly Hills, California.-As Producer:*Opened by Mistake...
, and starring Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was a French-born American-based actress of stage and film.Born in Paris, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures...
, Fredric March
Fredric March
Fredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...
and Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth was an English stage and screen actress. She was born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom in London....
. It is based on the play The Queen Was in the Parlour
The Queen Was in the Parlour
The Queen Was in the Parlour: a romance in three acts is a play by the English writer Noel Coward. Belonging to the Ruritanian romance genre, its title is drawn from a line in the nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence...
by Noël Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
.
Plot
It tells the story of a princess who has an affair with another boyfriend before her marriage to a prince.Cast
- Claudette ColbertClaudette ColbertClaudette Colbert was a French-born American-based actress of stage and film.Born in Paris, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures...
as Princess Nadya - Fredric MarchFredric MarchFredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...
as Sabien Pastal - Alison SkipworthAlison SkipworthAlison Skipworth was an English stage and screen actress. She was born Alison Mary Elliott Margaret Groom in London....
as Grand Duchess Emilie - Arthur Byron as Gen. Krish
- Paul CavanaghPaul CavanaghPaul Cavanagh was an English film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1928 and 1959. He was born in Chislehurst and died in London from a heart attack....
as Prince Keri - Ethel GriffiesEthel GriffiesEthel Griffies was an English actress of stage, screen, and television....
as Zana - Clay ClementClay ClementClay Clement was an American film actor. He appeared in 87 films between 1918 and 1947. Clement was one of the earliest members of the Screen Actors Guild.He was born in Greentree, Kentucky and died in Watertown, New York....
as Seminoff - Warburton Gamble as Alex
- Edwin MaxwellEdwin MaxwellEdwin Maxwell was an Irish character actor in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a dignified bearing....
as Mob leader