Released – August, 1930 

Directed By - Ernst Lubitsch

Starring – Jack Buchanan (Count Rudolph Falliere/Rudy the hairdresser), Jeanette MacDonald (Countess Helene Mara), Claud Allister (Prince Otto Von Seibenheim), Zasu Pitts (Bertha).

Description – Down to her last 10,000 francs, Countess Helene Mara has fled to Monte Carlo after leaving her fiance at the alter. 

Posing as a hairdresser, Count Rudolph Falliere is hired by the Countess and they begin to fall in love.  Countess Mara, believing Count Falliere a commoner, believes they have no future as she is prohibited as royalty to marry a commoner.

With her jilted fiance on his way to Monte Carlo, will the Countess find out about her hairdresser actually being royality himself in time for them to marry?

NOTABLE: This film was hailed by critics as a masterpiece of the newly emerging movie genre the musical.

Introduced in this film, the song ‘Beyond The Blue Horizon’ became an immediate hit and was known as the theme song for Jeanette MacDonald.

Included in the Eclipse Series 8 – Lubitsch Musicals

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

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