Two for Tonight (1935) DVD-R

Starring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, Lynne Overman, Mary Boland, Thelma Todd, James
Blakeley, Douglas Fowley, Charles Lane
Directed by Frank Tuttle

Print: black/white
Runtime: 61 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

Based on an obscure stage comedy, the Paramount musical Two for Tonight stars Bing
Crosby as would-be composer and playwright Gilbert Gordon. Hired by music publisher
Alexander Myers (Maurice Cass) to write a musical for temperamental stage star Lilly
Bianca (Thelma Todd), Gordon is less than thrilled to discover that he must complete the job
in one week. As he toils away at his task, our hero becomes convinced that he's in love with
the troublesome Lilly, causing heartache for his erstwhile sweetheart Bobbie Lockwood
(Joan Bennett). The magnificent Mary Boland commands the audience's attention as
Gordon's much-married mother. Elements of the plot of Two for Tonight were later satirized
in the 1979 spoof Movie Movie.