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
Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me UK hit. It also appeared on their 1967 album "Everybody Needs Love", where the song's erotic nature was censored. Critic John Lowe for AllMusic felt the editing "damaged the song's story structure" and "undermined Knight's erotic awareness for the song". The song was also recorded by The Flirtations in 1971 on the Polydor label, and by Scritti Politti featuring rapper Sweetie Irie in 1991 on Virgin Records. Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" is a song and single by American group, Gladys Knight & the Pips written by Barrett Strong,