Line #17 Film/LoveMeTonight


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3	''Love Me Tonight'' is a 1932 [[TheMusical Musical]] RomanticComedy film starring Creator/MauriceChevalier and Creator/JeanetteMacDonald, directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Charles Ruggles and Creator/MyrnaLoy play supporting roles. The music is by [[Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein Richard Rodgers]], with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
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7	!!''Love Me Tonight'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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9	* AmbiguousSyntax: A classic exchange between Gilbert and Valentine after Jeanette has a fainting spell.
10	--> '''Gilbert:''' Valentine, can you go for a doctor?\
11	'''Valentine:''' Certainly! Bring him right in!
12	* CrashIntoHello: Zigzagged in that Jeanette's buggy doesn't actually hit Maurice's car--but it does spill her into the ditch, leading to their first meeting.
13	* DefrostingIceQueen: Jeanette.
14	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Jeanette has another fainting spell in the garden at the costume ball. Maurice kisses her until she wakes up—-whereupon she slaps him.
15	* FakeAristocrat: Maurice. Interestingly, he doesn't change his behavior at all; the assumption that he's a BlueBlood is enough for the guests.
16	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Maurice Courtelin rescued a deer from being hunted and killed during the hunt.
17	* TheGrandHunt: There's an example of a stag hunt with all the elements: formal hunting clothes, horn-blowing, hounds, servants everywhere, etc.
18	* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: While the wealthy guests wear sumptuous, elaborate costumes to the ball, Maurice wears his everyday casual suit, turtleneck, and flat cap.
19	* GildedCage: Gilbert and Valentine regard the BigFancyCastle as this, since the duc won't allow them to go enjoy the pleasures of GayParee.
20	* HealingPotion: Jeanette's aunts seem to be brewing one in an early scene, but we never see her drink it.
21	* TheHeroSucksSong: "The Son-of-a-Gun is Nothing But a Tailor."
22	* HighClassGloves: Worn by both Jeanette (white) and Valentine (black) at the costume ball.
23	* IWantSong:
24	** "Isn't It Romantic?" starts with Maurice singing about having a wife who will cook, clean, wash his back, and provide him with lots of kiddies. Later, Jeanette sings to the same melody about her more idealized vision of a perfect man.
25	** "Lover," which Jeanette is singing just before she nearly collides with Maurice's car, also qualifies.
26	* LoveAtFirstSight: Maurice for Jeanette.
27	* MeaningfulName: For the hunt, Maurice is offered a horse named Solitude--so called because he always comes home alone.
28	* MistakenForServant: Maurice finds the duc polishing a suit of armor. He asks where he can find the Vicomte de Varèze and adds, "Is this your only job?" Fortunately, the duc either doesn't notice or doesn't take offense at the question.
29	* MsFanservice: Jeanette has two scenes in her underwear. When she first strips for the doctor's exam, [[MaleGaze the camera takes a moment to pan from head to toe appreciatively.]]
30	* OneWomanSong: "Mimi" (sung to Jeanette).
31	* ThePeepingTom: Valentine bores holes in a door so she can watch Maurice change clothes for the ball. So, more like Peeping... Tammy?
32	--> '''Duc:''' That door has come down to us through generations.\
33	'''Valentine:''' So have my instincts.
34	* PennyAmongDiamonds: Maurice. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by his costume for the MasqueradeBall.
35	* PimpedOutDress: Many of them at the ball, but Valentine's eighteenth-century-style dress is particularly noteworthy.
36	* PrinceCharming: Subverted. As Jeanette's three aunts say at the end of the film:
37	--> "Once upon a time, there was a princess and a Prince Charming..."\
38	"Who was not a prince..."\
39	"But who ''was'' charming!"
40	* ReallyGetsAround: Valentine would, if only she had the opportunity.
41	--> '''Jeanette:''' Do you ever think of anything but men, dear?\
42	'''Valentine:''' Yes--schoolboys.
43	* RichBoredom: Valentine is so bored that she spends much of her time napping.
44	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Jeanette's stated that she's often done some hunting, who she's not doing princess duties.
45	* TitleDrop: Maurice to Jeanette in the garden.
46	--> '''Maurice:''' Listen, my beautiful princess, I love you! I love you! And whatever comes tomorrow, love me tonight. Love me tonight!

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