Released – August, 1931 

Directed By - Ernst Lubitsch

Starring – Maurice Chevalier (Lt. Nikolaus ‘Niki’ Preyn), Claudette Colbert (Franzi), Miriam Hopkins (Princess Anna), Charles Ruggles (Max).

Description – The love triangle has been around forever; this is the story of the Princess who loves the soldier, who loves another woman. Lt. Preyn, in a pre-parade formation, uses the opportunity to send a wink and a smile to his girlfriend Franzi without realizing that a visiting Princess believes the wink and smile are for her.

In order to avoid an international incident, Lt. Preyn is forced to marry the Princess. After the forced marriage, Lt. Preyn (who finds the Princess boring) continually slips away to see Franzi who decides to confront the Princess only to find her deeply in love with her boyfriend.

In an emotional change of heart, Franzi decides to help save the marriage by turning the Princess into an irresistible ‘new princess’.

NOTABLE: This film received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

Included in Eclipse Series 8 – Lubitsch Musicals 

Eclipse Series 8 – Lubitsch Musicals (The Love Parade / The Smiling Lieutenant / One Hour with You / Monte Carlo) (Criterion Collection)

Enjoy browsing the Hollywood Movie Memories Film Store

Tags: 1930's musical, charles ruggles, claudette colbert, ernst lubitsch, lubitsch musicals, maurice chevalier, miriam hopkins, oscar nominations, paramount pictures

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 3:52 pm and is filed under Musicals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.