Here's to Romance

Here's to Romance
Directed byAlfred E. Green
Written bySonya Levien
Ernest Pascal
Arthur Richman
StarringNino Martini
Genevieve Tobin
Anita Louise
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Edited byIrene Morra
Music byLouis De Francesco
Hugo Friedhofer
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • August 27, 1935 (1935-08-27) (premiere)
  • October 4, 1935 (1935-10-04)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
still frame from movie depicting Nino Martini and Anita Louise
Nino Martini and Anita Louise in Here's to Romance

Here's to Romance is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise.[1][2]

Plot

The wife of a music teacher, who has been angered by her husband's philandering, arranges to send one of his male students to study opera in Paris as her protégé. This causes complications when he falls in love in France with a woman who is upset about his relationship with his patron. Devastated he ends up back in New York as a sheet music salesman. Things soon change when he is reunited with his true love and is invited to perform by the Metropolitan Opera.

Main cast

Critical reception

Variety gave a lukewarm review. They wrote that "a sturdier story" was needed for Martini's film debut, and that in this film "his impression is nice, but not particularly significant ... His voice is undeniable ... [and he is a] highly personable, and an engaging Latin type." They predicted that, with better material, a successful film career may be possible for him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Review by A.S. at The New York Times, October 3, 1935
  2. ↑ Solomon p. 359
  3. ↑ "Here's to Romance". Variety. October 9, 1935. p. 14. Retrieved June 29, 2026 – via Internet Archive.

Bibliography

  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
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