Love Me or Leave Me (film) Love Me or Leave Me (film) Love Me or Leave Me is a 1955 biographical romantic musical drama film that tells the life story of Ruth Etting, a singer who rose from dancer to movie star. It stars Doris Day as Etting, James Cagney as gangster Martin "Moe the Gimp" Snyder, her first husband and manager, and Cameron Mitchell as pianist/arranger Myrl Alderman, her second husband. It was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart and directed by Charles Vidor. After kicking a customer for getting fresh, 1920s Chicago nightclub singer and dime-a-dance girl Ruth Etting is in jeopardy of
Love Me or Leave Me (film) opposite Cagney. "Love Me or Leave Me" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (for Nicholas Brodzsky and Sammy Cahn for "I'll Never Stop Loving You"), (one of two songs written especially for the film, the other being "Never Look Back") Best Sound, Recording (Wesley C. Miller) and Best Writing, Screenplay. "Variety" called the film "a rich canvas of the Roaring '20s, with gutsy and excellent performances." The film is recognized by