Archive Treasures: Spotlight on Rouben Mamoulian
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The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a double-feature by Rouben Mamoulian, two of six films by the groundbreaking Armenian American director that the Archive has restored. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening.
Applause (1929)
Applause is a showcase for the acting and singing talents of 29-year-old Helen Morgan in her film debut, playing a faded burlesque queen. Also making his screen debut was director Rouben Mamoulian, whose depiction of the vulgar, entertaining realities of burlesque is as impressive today as it was in 1929, when it established his reputation as an innovative film director.
Love Me Tonight (1932)
This enchanting tale of an amorous tailor (Maurice Chevalier) who woos a lovelorn princess (Jeanette MacDonald) brims with wit and lyricism as Mamoulian has fun with some of his favorite themes: sex and seduction. Featuring irresistible songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart inventively integrated into the story, Love Me Tonight is Mamoulian's masterpiece.