Tonight Is Ours

Tonight Is Ours is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Stuart Walker and starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March and Alison Skipworth. Made by Paramount Pictures, it is based on the play The Queen Was in the Parlour by Noël Coward.^[1]

Tonight Is Ours
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stuart Walker
Screenplay by	Edwin Justus Mayer
Based on	Tonight Is Ours by Noël Coward
Starring	Claudette Colbert Fredric March Alison Skipworth
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Music by	Karl Hajos John Leipold
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 21, 1933 (1933-01-21) (US)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

It tells the story of a princess who had an affair with another handsome commoner before her marriage to a prince.^[2]

Colbert as Princess Nadya

Cast

• Claudette Colbert as Princess Nadya
• Fredric March as Sabien Pastal
• Alison Skipworth as Grand Duchess Emilie
• Arthur Byron as Gen. Krish
• Paul Cavanagh as Prince Keri
• Ethel Griffies as Zana
• Clay Clement as Seminoff
• Warburton Gamble as Alex
• Edwin Maxwell as mob leader

See also

• The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)

Notes

1. Mander and Mitchenson, pp. 72–73
2. Tonight is Ours TCM synopsis, accessed October 31, 2023

• Mander, Raymond; Joe Mitchenson (2000) [1957]. Theatrical Companion to Coward. Barry Day and Sheridan Morley (2000 edition, ed.) (second ed.). London: Oberon Books. ISBN 978-1-84002-054-0.

External links

• Tonight Is Ours at the TCM Movie Database
• Tonight Is Ours at IMDb
• Tonight Is Ours at AllMovie