Synopsis
Maurice Chevalier’s randy Viennese lieutenant is enamored of Claudette Colbert’s freethinking, all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. Yet complications ensue when the sexually repressed princess of the fictional kingdom of Flausenthurm, played by newcomer Miriam Hopkins, sets her sights on him. The Smiling Lieutenant is a delightful showcase for its rising female stars, who are never more charming than when Colbert tunefully instructs Hopkins, “Jazz Up Your Lingerie.”
Cast
| Niki | Maurice Chevalier |
| Princess Anna | Miriam Hopkins |
| Franzi | Claudette Colbert |
| Max | Charlie Ruggles |
| King Adolf XV | George Barbier |
| Orderly | Hugh O’Connell |
Credits
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Screenplay | Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda |
| Producer | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Based upon “The Waltz Dream” by | Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörman |
| & the novel “Nux Der Prinzgemahl” by | Hans Müller |
| Cinematography | George Folsey |
| Editing | Merrill G. White |
| Art direction | Hans Dreier |
| Music | Oscar Straus |
| Lyrics | Clifford Grey |
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