At Long Last Love is an American motion picture musical that was released in 1975 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30, 1939) is an American film director and writer, born in Kingston, New York. ...

The film, with a screenplay by Bogdanovich, is a homage to the great Hollywood musicals of the 1930s such as Swing Time and Top Hat, and features 16 songs with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Swing Time is a 1936 musical directed by George Stevens, the sixth film featuring the pair-up of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. ... Vaudeville character actor Charles E. Grapewin wearing a top hat For the movie starring Fred Astaire see Top Hat A top-hat or top hat is a kind of tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat worn by men and was especially common in the 19th century. ...

The film is set during the 1930s and is evocative of Noel Coward's play Private Lives, featuring mate swapping among the very rich. The film is unique as it is the first movie since the early 1930s in which the musical numbers were recorded live, without the actors lip-synching to a previously recorded soundtrack. Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930. ...

The film opened in March 1975 to scathing reviews and poor box office, prompting Bogdanovich to have an open letter of apology printed in newspapers throughout the U.S.

At Long Last Love was acclaimed as one of the worst films ever made in Harry and Michael Medved's "The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History" (1980). Michael Medved (born October 1948) is a United States nationally syndicated conservative talk radio show host, film critic, and author. ...

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Cast

• Burt Reynolds .... Michael Oliver Pritchard III
• Cybill Shepherd .... Brooke Carter
• Madeline Kahn .... Kitty O'Kelly
• Duilio Del Prete .... Johnny Spanish
• Eileen Brennan .... Elizabeth
• John Hillerman .... Rodney James
• Mildred Natwick .... Mabel Pritchard
• M. Emmet Walsh .... Harold

[edit] External links Paper Moon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070510/) at the Internet Movie Database Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. ... Cybill Shepherd is an American actress, born 18 February 1950, Memphis, Tennessee. ... Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress of movie, television, and theater. ... Eileen Brennan (born September 3, 1935 in Los Angeles) is an American character actress of films, television, and theatre. ... John Hillerman (born September 20, 1932 in Denison, Texas) is an American actor. ... Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York) is an American character actor who has appreared in over 100 film and television productions. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), owned by Amazon. ...

Roger Ebert's review (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19750101/REVIEWS/501010302/1023) at the Chicago Sun Times website Chicago Sun-Times The Chicago Sun-Times is an American newspaper publishing out of Chicago, Illinois. ...