Give Us This Night

Give Us This Night 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.

[1] After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale).

They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church.

Scenes from the film were shot at Three Arch Bay near South Laguna, California.