Tonight Or Never - 1931 - 6/10
She has the vocal talent, the pipes, but does not have the oomph.
The passion. For she has not lived, has not suffered.
Somewhat on a whim, opera starlet Nella initiates an affair with an admirer, despite hearing reports he is a gigolo.
Once risqué comedy seems dated now, plods at times, and is over talky, perhaps owing to its Belasco roots.
Swanson is melodramatic throughout, a diva in Chanel.
Alison Skipworth underutilized.