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7.5/10   385 votes
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Writers:
Rida Johnson Young (play)
Laird Doyle (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 June 1936 (USA) more
Plot:
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Marion Davies ... Elizabeth Patterson
Dick Powell ... Captain Jerome Bonaparte
Charles Ruggles ... Senator Henry Ruggles (as Charlie Ruggles)

Claude Rains ... Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Edward Everett Horton ... Senator John Hathaway
Arthur Treacher ... Sir Harry
Henry Stephenson ... Charles Patterson
Clara Blandick ... Aunt Ellen Patterson
John Larkin ... Isham
Walter Kingsford ... Monsieur Pichon
Etienne Girardot ... Monsieur Du Fresne
Halliwell Hobbes ... Cambaceres

George Irving ... President Thomas Jefferson
Beulah Bondi ... Madame Letizia
Philip Hurlic ... Pippin (as Phillip Hurlic)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:76 min (Turner library print) | USA:87 min (preview)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #1916)

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The play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 7 September 1908 and had only 24 performances. It was based on the actual marriage of Napoleon's brother to Elizabeth Patterson, but it eventually was annulled by order of Napoleon. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Glorious Betsy (1928) more
Soundtrack:
Two Hearts Divided (Deux Coeurs Navrés) more

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What drivel, 25 September 2009
4/10
Author: samhill5215 from United States

Once again here's another Marion Davies film totally undeserving of its vote. As of this writing it was an astounding 7.8, a testament to the repetitious fervor of Miss Davies' fans. It appears to me that artificially elevating her scores does her disservice. She was a fine comedian and a commendable person but there were also several turkeys in her career and this is one of them. Leaving aside the utter lack of any historical authenticity apart from names and places this one is a real TURKEY. It tries to be a comedy but the jokes are tired old slapstick delivered by actors who appeared to be there for the paycheck. It tries to be a romance but there's no chemistry between Powell and Davies. There's just nothing there other than Claude Rains who is as always the master. But even he is not enough to save this TURKEY.

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