Editing One Hour with You

{{short description|1932 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = One Hour with You
| image          = One_Hour_With_You.jpg
| caption        = theatrical release poster
| director       = [[George Cukor]]<br>[[Ernst Lubitsch]]
| producer       = Ernst Lubitsch
| writer         = [[Samson Raphaelson]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''Only a Dream''<br>1909 play|Lothar Schmidt}}
| starring       = [[Maurice Chevalier]]<br>[[Jeanette MacDonald]]<br>[[Genevieve Tobin]]
| music          = [[W. Franke Harling]]<br>[[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]]<br>[[Rudolph G. Kopp]]<br>[[John Leipold]]
| cinematography = [[Victor Milner]]
| editing        = William Shea<!--do not link with this name - it goes to the baseball guy (Shea Stadium)-->
| studio         = Paramount Pictures
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1932|03|22|''US''}}
| runtime        = 80 minutes
| language       = English
| country        = United States
| budget         = 
}}
[[File:One Hour with You ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1932 (page 207 crop).jpg|thumb|359x359px|One Hour with You ad in [[The Film Daily|''The'' ''Film'' ''Daily'']], 1932]]
'''''One Hour with You''''' is a 1932 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[musical film|musical]] [[comedy film]] about a married couple who are attracted to other people. It was produced and directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]] "with the assistance of" [[George Cukor]], and written by [[Samson Raphaelson]] from the play ''Only a Dream'' by Lothar Schmidt. It stars [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Genevieve Tobin]], [[Charlie Ruggles]] and [[Roland Young]].

The film is a musical remake of ''[[The Marriage Circle]]'' (1924), the second film that Lubitsch directed in the United States.<ref name=tcmnotes>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85681/one-hour-with-you#notes "Notes"] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> ''One Hour with You'' was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]].

The film was preserved by the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] with its original color tints restored.

==Plot==
Parisian doctor Andre Bertier is faithful to his loving wife Colette, much to the surprise of his lovely female patients. But when Colette's best friend Mitzi Olivier insists upon being treated by Dr. Bertier, his devotion is put to the test.<ref>[[Stanley Green (historian)|Green, Stanley]] (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed.), pub. Hal Leonard Corporation {{ISBN|0-634-00765-3}} page 15</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Maurice Chevalier]] as Dr. Andre Bertier
* [[Jeanette MacDonald]] as Colette Bertier
* [[Genevieve Tobin]] as Mitzi Olivier
* [[Charles Ruggles]] as Adolph
* [[Roland Young]] as Professor Olivier
* [[Josephine Dunn]] as Mademoiselle Martel
* [[Richard Carle]] as Henri Dornier, Private Detective
* [[Barbara Leonard (actress)|Barbara Leonard]] as Mitzi's Maid
* [[George Barbier (actor)|George Barbier]] as Police Commissioner
* [[Donald Novis]] as Crooner
* [[Charles Coleman (actor)|Charles Coleman]] as Marcel (uncredited) 
* [[Kent Taylor]] as Party Guest (uncredited)

[[Carole Lombard]] and [[Kay Francis]] were the first choices to costar in the film.<ref name=tcmnotes />

==Soundtrack==
Unless otherwise noted, the music is written by [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]] and the lyrics are written by [[Leo Robin]].

* "One Hour with You", music by Richard A. Whiting, performed by the Coconut Orchestra with vocal by [[Donald Novis]], also sung by Genevieve Tobin and Maurice Chevalier, Charlie Ruggles and Jeanette MacDonald, and Chevalier and MacDonald
* "Police Station Number" (uncredited), music by John Leipold
* "We Will Always Be Sweethearts", sung by MacDonald
* "What Would You Do?", sung by Chevalier
* "Oh That Mitzi", sung by Chevalier
* "Three Times a Day", sung by Tobin
* "What a Little Thing Like a Wedding Ring Can Do", sung by Chevalier and MacDonald
* "It Was Only a Dream Kiss", sung by Chevalier and MacDonald

==Production==
Lubitsch was originally scheduled to direct ''One Hour with You'' and supervised the project in preproduction, but was unable to direct because his previous film, ''[[The Man I Killed]],'' went beyond schedule. George Cukor was instead assigned to direct. Within two weeks after filming had begun, conflicts between Chevalier and Cukor brought Lubitsch back, although Cukor remained on the set.<ref name=tcmnotes /> Cukor and Lubitsch each demanded sole credit for directing and the matter was litigated in court. Before a judgment was rendered, Cukor received a credit for assisting the direction and the right to break his contract with Paramount in order to direct ''[[What Price Hollywood?]]'' at [[RKO Pictures|RKO]].<ref name=tcmnotes />

A French-language version titled ''Une heure près de toi'' was produced simultaneously, with [[Lili Damita]] playing Tobin's role.

==References==
'''Notes'''
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203246/http://www.jeanettemacdonaldandnelsoneddy.com/films/jeanette/jm-onehour.htm One Hour with You] at ''Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy'' [[fansite]]
*https://archive.org/details/one.-hour.with.-you.-1932.720p.-blu-ray.x-264-x-0r
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/648 essay by Michael Koresky] [[Criterion Collection]]

'''[[Metadata]]'''
* {{AFI film|4377}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=85681}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|one_hour_with_you|One Hour With You}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0023303|title=One Hour with You}}
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023303/externalreviews various One Hour with You reviews] [[IMDb]]

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{{Samson Raphaelson}}
{{Oscar Straus}}
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[[Category:Films scored by W. Franke Harling]]
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