Synopsis
Lubitsch reunites Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, this time as a seemingly blissful couple whose marriage hits the skids when her flirtatious school chum comes on to her husband a bit too strong. Necking in the park at nighttime, husbands and wives having casual dalliances, and a butler telling his master, “I did so want to see you in tights!”: it’s one of Lubitsch’s sauciest escapades and his final “pre-Code” musical.
Cast
| Dr. Andre Bertier | Maurice Chevalier |
| Colette Bertier | Jeanette MacDonald |
| Mitzi Olivier | Genevieve Tobin |
| Adolph | Charles Ruggles |
| Professor Olivier | Roland Young |
| Mademoiselle Martel | Josephine Dunn |
| Detective Henri Dornier | Richard Carle |
| Mitzi’s maid | Barbara Leonard |
| Police Commissioner | George Barbier |
Credits
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Assisted by | George Cukor |
| Producer | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Screenplay | Samson Raphaelson |
| From the play by | Lothar Schmidt |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Editing | William Shea |
| Art director | Hans Dreier |
| Music | Oscar Straus |
| Lyrics | Leo Robin |
| Interpolated music | Richard A. Whiting |
| Gowns | Travis Banton |
From the Current
Eclipse Series 8:
Lubitsch Musicals
by
Feb 11, 2008
With the advent of sound, anything seemed possible in Hollywood in the late 1920s. Studios were eager to exploit the evolving medium’s new capabilities, and what better way to dazzle audiences’ ears and eyes than with full-out musicals? The first attempts at this new genre were “revues,” bare-bones...
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