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7 November 1931 (USA)
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An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year...
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Alfred Lunt | ... | The Actor |
| Lynn Fontanne | ... | The Actress |
| Roland Young | ... | Bernhardt the Critic |
| Zasu Pitts | ... | Liesl, the Maid |
| Maude Eburne | ... | Mama |
| Herman Bing | ... | A Creditor |
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82 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #1972-R, 17 January 1936 for re-release) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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The play from which a scene is shown at the beginning of the film is Maxwell Anderson's "Elizabeth the Queen", in which we see Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt recreating the roles of Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Essex, which they had played on Broadway in the actual original production of "Elizabeth the Queen" the year before.
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[the Creditor has seen through the Actor's disguise]
A Creditor: Your own mother might not know you. Your own wife might not know you. And you might put on all the uniforms and all the whiskers and all the wigs in the world. But, as long as you owe me money, I would know you.
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A Creditor: Your own mother might not know you. Your own wife might not know you. And you might put on all the uniforms and all the whiskers and all the wigs in the world. But, as long as you owe me money, I would know you.
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Remake of Der Gardeoffizier (1925)
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I first saw this movie on TCM, and I became enamored of this fabulous acting couple. I won't repeat the fabulous reviews of this film, but I hounded TCM to reschedule the movie, but alas. Then thanks to an amazon.com seller, I bought the video. I have watched it over and over. What fun to see Lunt running around in disguise and thinking he was putting something over on his wife. And Zasu Pitts as the maid, she's priceless!
The Guardsman has also put me in touch with their biographies, what wonderful lives they led. They were Broadway stars, Lunt and Fontanne, they have a Broadway theater named for them.
And 77 years later, the Guardsman still brings laughs to us. Thank goodness for them!