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6.6/10 • 30

1930-01-181h 47m

ComedyRomance

He Sang Himself Into the Queen's Boudoir! One Kiss and the Whole Kingdom Was His!

The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

Directors
Ernst Lubitsch
Writters
Guy Bolton, Ernest Vajda
Editors
Merrill G. White

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  1. Maurice Chevalier

    Maurice Chevalier

    Count Alfred Renard

  2. Jeanette MacDonald

    Jeanette MacDonald

    Queen Louise

  3. Lupino Lane

    Lupino Lane

    Jacques

  4. Lillian Roth

    Lillian Roth

    Lulu

  5. Eugene Pallette

    Eugene Pallette

    Minister of War

  6. E.H. Calvert

    E.H. Calvert

    Ambassador

  7. Edgar Norton

    Edgar Norton

    Master of Ceremonies

  8. Lionel Belmore

    Lionel Belmore

    Prime Minister

  9. Virginia Bruce

    Virginia Bruce

    Lady-in-Waiting

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CinemaSerf

Feb 11, 2024

6/10

Diplomat "Count Alfred" (Maurice Chevalier) is recalled to his home country where he quickly becomes the amorous pawn of the Queen (Jeanette MacDonald). She is looking to marry, but whom? She alights on "Alfred", makes him a prince so he is more suitable then subjects him to a rather humiliating wedding ceremony in which he is the one who promises to love, honour and obey! He's in love, though - so that's all fine. Until, that is, he discovers that being a trophy husband is a bit dull. He can't even have his breakfast on his own. Meantime, though, the Kingdom is having a bit of a cashflow crisis and the Queen can't afford any scandal as a loan is being negotiated. "Alfred" cottons on to this and realises this could could give him some leverage to change the hen-pecked dynamic of his marriage. Whilst all of these shenanigans are taking place "upstairs", "Jacques" (Lupino Lane) and "Lulu" (Lillian Roth) are having their own domestic squabbles but in a far more equilibrate state - even if she does always seem to end up with the upper hand. Victor Schertzinger and Clifford Grey have written half a dozen unremarkable numbers for this that Chevalier and MacDonald wade through without much emotion, and I felt that as the initially engaging relationship between this power couple shifted, so did my interest in a story with just too little chemistry on screen.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
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