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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William.The wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William.The wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William.
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- AnecdotesFirst and only American film for German film star Lil Dagover. This is possibly First National's attempt to find their own Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich who were popular at MGM and Paramount, respectively.
- Citations
Lottie Corlaix: I might just as well be married to the lighthouse out there.
- Crédits fousOpening card: 1914 On the eve of mobilization the battle cruiser Lafayette, pride of the French navy, returns to its base at Toulon.
- ConnexionsRemade as Veille d'armes (1935)
- Bandes originalesSi tu veux... Marguerite
Music by Albert Valsien
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Girl of Leisure and Pleasure
The one and only opportunity to see German actress Lili Dagover in an American film occurs in this rather old fashioned melodrama The Girl From Monte Carlo. Lili plays a notorious woman of leisure and pleasure who hangs out in the casinos looking for rich men to spend on her.
But she yearns for respectability and what's more respectable than a Captain in the French Navy. She marries the formal and stiff Walter Huston who's been at sea too long.
But this is not Dagover's only acquaintance with the navy. From out of her past is John Wray a notorious rake and Huston's executive officer. And one of Huston's newer officers Warren William gets Dagover's motor running.
Without saying any more about the plot it ends badly for all three of these men.
It was obvious that Warner Brothers-First National imported Dagover from Germany to rival the appeal Marlene Dietrich. She certainly gives a worthy go of it. But as well as Dagover puts her own brand of femme fatale on this film, she decided unlike Dietrich to return to Germany.
An interesting role here is that of George E. Stone who is Warren William's orderly and most discreet keeper of secrets. He's as loyal to William as he was as Otero in Little Caesar to Edward G. Robinson. I'll say nothing more, make of it viewer what you will.
As for Dagover it took more than one man to make her Monte Carlo Lili.
But she yearns for respectability and what's more respectable than a Captain in the French Navy. She marries the formal and stiff Walter Huston who's been at sea too long.
But this is not Dagover's only acquaintance with the navy. From out of her past is John Wray a notorious rake and Huston's executive officer. And one of Huston's newer officers Warren William gets Dagover's motor running.
Without saying any more about the plot it ends badly for all three of these men.
It was obvious that Warner Brothers-First National imported Dagover from Germany to rival the appeal Marlene Dietrich. She certainly gives a worthy go of it. But as well as Dagover puts her own brand of femme fatale on this film, she decided unlike Dietrich to return to Germany.
An interesting role here is that of George E. Stone who is Warren William's orderly and most discreet keeper of secrets. He's as loyal to William as he was as Otero in Little Caesar to Edward G. Robinson. I'll say nothing more, make of it viewer what you will.
As for Dagover it took more than one man to make her Monte Carlo Lili.
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- 7 oct. 2017
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- Date de sortie
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- The Woman from Monte Carlo
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- Durée1 heure 5 minutes
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By what name was La femme de Monte Carlo (1932) officially released in Canada in English?
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