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Overview

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Director:

Rouben Mamoulian

Writers:

Paul Armont (play)
Samuel Hoffenstein (writer)
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Release Date:

17 August 1932 (USA) more

Genre:

Musical | Comedy more

Tagline:

Warm Love! Hilarious fun! Sweet music! Hot lyrics!

Plot:

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

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User Comments:

Wonderful, and far ahead of its time more (33 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Maurice Chevalier ... Maurice Courtelin a.k.a Baron Courtelin

Jeanette MacDonald ... Princess Jeanette
Charles Ruggles ... Viscount Gilbert de Varèze (as Charlie Ruggles)
Charles Butterworth ... Count de Savignac

Myrna Loy ... Countess Valentine
C. Aubrey Smith ... Duke d'Artelines
Elizabeth Patterson ... First Aunt
Ethel Griffies ... Second Aunt
Blanche Friderici ... Third Aunt (as Blanche Frederici)
Joseph Cawthorn ... Dr. Armand de Fontinac (as Joseph Cawthorne)
Robert Greig ... Major Domo Flammand
Bert Roach ... Emile
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Additional Details

Runtime:

104 min | 96 min (re-release) | USA:88 min (Turner Library Print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Certification:

UK:U | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)


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Trivia:

Among scenes and dialogue commonly deleted by local censors were references to the "virgin spring"; the scene of the Princess's examination by the physician; and Maurice taking measurements of the princess. In 1937, letters from Joseph I. Breen of the AMPP to Paramount indicate that Breen advised against the re-issue of the film because he felt that the severe editing required to pass the censors would ruin the film. In a 1949 letter, Breen approved a re-release with the following deletions: Any reference to "virgin springs"; the song "A Woman Needs Something Like That"; and the scene of Myrna Loy in a "transparent nightgown." According to a memo in the file, the four-reel re-release was unsuccessful more

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Camera shadow on a curtain as it pulls out of a window, as Jeanette sleeps (a little after the "I fell flat on my flute" sequence). more

Quotes:

Vicomte Gilbert de Vareze: He's been chasing me.
Maurice Courtelin: Who?
Vicomte Gilbert de Vareze: The lady's husband. He came home unexpectedly.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV) more

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Love Me Tonight more


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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderful, and far ahead of its time, 28 February 1999
9/10
Author: otter from Mountain View, Ca.

This is an enchanting film, one of the best musicals of the decade. Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald are incredibly appealing in a rich-girl-poor-boy musical romance. It's one of those rare films where the girl runs away from the palace to follow her true love and you *don't* think "wait a minute, you'll never survive out there", no, you want them to be together. The score is enchanting (the big hits being "Isn't it Romantic" and "Lover"), Chevalier is devastatingly attractive, and MacDonald is vulnerably appealing and completely without the annoying primness that marred her later films.

It's also a remarkably well made film for 1932, when most films were just getting used to sound and suffered from a horrible stiffness on the part of the actors and the camera. You'd think this movie was made ten years later, it's lively and sparkling, and directed with a smoothness and originality that's still amazing.

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