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He withholds his presence at formal ceremonies until Louise breaks down and acknowledges his masculine rights. Renard is likewise smitten, but he rebels at being relegated to the powerless position of Queen's Consort. In the mythical country of Sylvania, Queen Louise (MacDonald) marries young Count Renard (Chevalier), a diplomat recalled from Paris for having too many notorious affairs. Lubitsch paired Maurice Chevalier (in his second talkie) with Jeanette MacDonald, a fresh face and voice from Philadelphia.
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Chevalier smiles, shrugs his shoulders and asks, in song of course, "Wouldn't you do it too?"ġ929's The Love Parade establishes the Lubitsch musical comedy format the only thing slowing it down are a few too many unmemorable songs. These pre-Code wonders have a refreshingly liberated attitude toward sex, enshrining the bedroom as an affectionate playground for adults - one of the films reserves a joyful close-up for a bed! Although the films tend toward the maxim that the male must dominate in amorous relations, they also throw conventional morals to the wind, to the point of condoning infidelity as essentially harmless. Lubitsch leaves none of his silent comedy techniques behind his sly visual tricks translate to sound without complications. Sometimes the spoken dialogue rhymes, and at other times Maurice Chevalier's leading man addresses the camera directly, explaining to the American audience the 'Frenchness' of what they are seeing. Lubitsch's characters break out into songs that relate to the characters and advance the story line.
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT 1931 PLOT SUMMARY MOVIE
Written by Ernest Vajda, Guy Bolton, Samson RaphaelsonĮclipse's Lubitsch Musicals DVD box pulls together the director's first sound films, four comedies that introduced new ideas to the movie musical. Original Music Victor Schertzinger, Leo Robin, Oscar Straus
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Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeannette MacDonald, Jack BuchananĬinematography Victor Milner, George Folseyįilm Editor Merrill G.
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT 1931 PLOT SUMMARY FULL
The Love Parade, Monte Carlo, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour With Youġ929-32 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / Street Date Febru/ 59.95