Give Us This Night (1936) was attempting to build on the popularity of what American soprano nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale?"
Give Us This Night Give Us This Night (1936) is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, who had also expanded her talents into movies.
Blues in the Night "Blues in the Night" is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title "Hot Nocturne", but finally released as "Blues in the Night". The song is sung in the film by William Gillespie.