Tonight and Every Night

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Tonight and Every Night
Directed by	Victor Saville
Written by	Abem Finkel Lesser Samuels
Based on	Heart of a City 1942 play by Lesley Storm
Produced by	Victor Saville
Starring	Rita Hayworth Lee Bowman Janet Blair Marc Platt
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	Marlin Skiles Morris Stoloff George Duning
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 9, 1945 (1945-01-09)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tonight and Every Night is a 1945 American musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair.^[1] The film portrays wartime romance and tragedy in a London musical show, loosely modelled on the Windmill Theatre in Soho, that determined not to miss a single performance during the Blitz. Hayworth plays an American showgirl who falls in love with an RAF pilot played by Bowman.

The film was adapted from Lesley Storm's 1942 play Heart of a City. It was used by Columbia Pictures as a Technicolor vehicle for Hayworth after her success with Cover Girl (1944), directed by Charles Vidor. A major highlight of the film is Hayworth in the "You Excite Me" number, often cited as one of her best performances.

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 18th Academy Awards: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Original Song (for "Anywhere").