IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.4K
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When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total
Louis Adlon
- Wide Eyed Admirer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuring a recent showing on TCM, it was stated that Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier did not get along on this film. He called her a "prude" and she called him "a bottom pincher". Their relationship had been deteriorating for some time, and this was the last film they appeared in together.
- GoofsWhen Sonia tears off a calendar sheet, it reads "Thursday, May III, 1885". However, May 3, 1885 was actually a Sunday.
- Alternate versionsA French version of this film, also starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, was filmed at the same time as this one.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Monsieur Cinéma: Episode dated 23 January 1972 (1972)
- SoundtracksGirls, Girls, Girls
by Franz Lehár
Featured review
This is why Hollywood use the expression "The Lubitsch Touch". Almost every film made by that most delightful of directors was sprightly and hilarious and sexy, and this is one of his most delightful. It's the best version filmed.
Maurice Chevalier is of course just as attractive as a man can be, and Jeanette MacDonald is wonderfully funny and sexy (why oh why did she ever team up with Nelson "The Singing Capon" Eddy? With Chevalier she was enchanting, with Eddy you wanted to slap her), and the supporting cast is delightful. Wonderful script, wonderful score, fabulous thirties-period costumes, all in all a delight.
Maurice Chevalier is of course just as attractive as a man can be, and Jeanette MacDonald is wonderfully funny and sexy (why oh why did she ever team up with Nelson "The Singing Capon" Eddy? With Chevalier she was enchanting, with Eddy you wanted to slap her), and the supporting cast is delightful. Wonderful script, wonderful score, fabulous thirties-period costumes, all in all a delight.
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- Also known as
- Vesela udovica
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $329,180
- Gross worldwide
- $6,014,620
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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