The Smiling Lieutenant

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Date: January 01, 1931 to December 31, 1931
Dates Note: 1931
Country of Origin: United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: B&W
Silent: No
Based On: The operetta Ein Walzertraum by Felix Dörmann, Leopold Jacobson, and the novel Nux der Prinzgemahl by Hans Müller
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Film Series/Exhibition Title: 
Vienna and the Movies
Description: 

Ernst Lubitsch’s satire permeates this musical from the most minute of background noises to the plot itself: a story of romance vs. royalty, with Maurice Chevalier caught smiling in the middle; Claudette Colbert on the side of the people and love, as a performer in a Viennese beer garden; and Miriam Hopkins as the infinitely less desirable but unavoidable Princess Anna of Flausenthurm. The plot makes its final twist on a purely cosmetic point, and this is the beauty of Lubitsch.

Authors/Roles: 
Judy Bloch

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