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{{Infobox film
| name = Meet Me Tonight
| image = "Meet_Me_Tonight"_(1952_film).jpg

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| director = [[Anthony Pelissier]]
| producer = [[Anthony Havelock-Allan]]
| writer = [[Noël Coward]]
| based_on = three plays from ''[[Tonight at 8.30]]'' by Noël Coward
| narrator =
| starring = [[Valerie Hobson]] [[Stanley Holloway]] [[Nigel Patrick]] [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] [[Kay Walsh]] [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]].
| music = Noël Coward [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]] (orchestrated and conducted)
| cinematography = [[Desmond Dickinson]]
| editing = [[Clive Donner]]
| studio = British Film-Makers Ltd.
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]] (U.K.)
| released = 9 September 1952 (London) (UK)
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Meet Me Tonight''''' is a [[1952 in film|1952]] omnibus British [[comedy film]] adapted from three one act plays by [[Noël Coward]]: ''[[Red Peppers]]'', ''[[Fumed Oak]]'' and ''[[Ways and Means (play)|Ways and Means]]''; which are part of his ''[[Tonight at 8.30]]'' play cycle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/mrzrt/meet-me-tonight/|title=Meet Me Tonight – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online|website=Radio Times}}</ref> The film was released as '''''Tonight at 8:30''''' in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tonight-at-830-v114060|title=Tonight at 8:30 (1952) - Anthony Pelissier | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It was directed by [[Anthony Pelissier]] and starred [[Valerie Hobson]], [[Nigel Patrick]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] and [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b02e23d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127222059/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b02e23d|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2016|title=Meet Me Tonight|website=BFI}}</ref>

It earned billings of £97,000.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UyYTDAAAQBAJ&q=vincent+porter+sue+harper&pg=PA386|title=British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference|first1=Sue|last1=Harper|first2=Vincent|last2=Porter|date=16 February 2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198159346|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Plot==
In "The Red Peppers", a husband and wife song and dance team ([[Kay Walsh]], [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]]) bicker with each other, another performer ([[Martita Hunt]]), and the theatre manager ([[Frank Pettingell]]). In "Fumed Oak", a middle-aged man ([[Stanley Holloway]]) finally has enough of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law ([[Betty Ann Davies]], [[Dorothy Gordon (British actress)|Dorothy Gordon]], and [[Mary Merrall]] respectively). Having saved enough money secretly, he announces to his stunned family that he is leaving, never to see them again. In the final segment, "Ways and Means", a husband ([[Nigel Patrick]]) and his wife ([[Valerie Hobson]]) wonder what they will do now that he has gambled away their money, leaving little to pay their debts, especially to Olive ([[Jessie Royce Landis]]). They pawn their last few valuable possessions, hoping to win enough in the casino. However, Olive takes the seat the husband was waiting for and proceeds to win a great deal of money. When she gets up, he takes his rightful place and loses all he has. That night, the couple awake to find Olive's chauffeur, Murdoch ([[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]]), trying to steal from them. After laughing at him (since they have nothing worth the effort), the wife proposes he rob from his employer and split the money with them. Murdoch takes Olive's winnings, but double crosses the couple, only to end up caught by the police.

==Cast==
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*Lily Pepper - [[Kay Walsh]]
*George Pepper - [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]]
*Mabel Grace - [[Martita Hunt]]
*Mr. Edwards - [[Frank Pettingell]]
*Bert Bentley - [[Bill Fraser]]
*Stage Manager - [[Toke Townley]]
*Call-Boy - [[Ian Wilson (actor)|Ian Wilson]]
*Performing Dog Act - Frank's Fox Terriers
*Chinese Jugglers - The Young China Troupe
*Henry Gow - [[Stanley Holloway]]
*Doris Gow - [[Betty Ann Davies]]
*Mrs. Rocket (Grandma) - [[Mary Merrall]]
*Elsie - [[Dorothy Gordon (British actress)|Dorothy Gordon]]
*Stella Cartwright - [[Valerie Hobson]]
*Toby Cartwright - [[Nigel Patrick]]
*Murdoch - [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]]
*Olive - [[Jessie Royce Landis]]
*Chaps - [[Michael Trubshawe]]
*Nanny - [[Mary Jerrold]]
*Elena - [[Yvonne Furneaux]]
*The Fence - Jacques Cey
{{div col end}}

==Production==
Producer Tony Havelock Allen later recalled:
<blockquote>That was just to have something to do, more or less. Noél was rather unkind about that but he made what I think was a valid point: he said that the point of the ‘Red Peppers’ segment was to spend an evening seeing Noél Coward and Gertie Lawrence not playing Noél Coward and Gertie Lawrence, that is the fun; that the moment you do one of these little plays for real, they don’t exist. It was directed by Fay Compton’s son, Anthony Pelissier, who had many different talents but none of them big enough to make a real impact. Look at ''The Rocking Horse Winner'' — he certainly had talent but he never got enough chances. He was a difficult man but, then, so was the man who made ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'', yet that didn’t stop him from being a great director.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/autobiographyofb0000unse_i5w8/page/293/mode/1up?q=%22floods+of+fear%22+%22howard+keel%22|title= An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it|year=1997 |first=Brian|last=McFarlane|page=293|publisher=Metheun}}</ref></blockquote>

==Critical reception==
''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "''Tonight at 8:30'' is, in short, a varied entertainment, short on excitement but funny and trenchant enough for many tastes."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|date=14 February 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0045243}}

{{Anthony Pelissier}}
{{Noël Coward musicals}}

[[Category:1952 films]]
[[Category:1952 comedy films]]
[[Category:British anthology films]]
[[Category:British films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by Anthony Pelissier]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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