Queen Louise’s cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Read More »
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Broken Lullaby (1932) Ernst Lubitsch, Lionel Barrymore, Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, Drama
A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt when he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript Read More »
Monte Carlo (1930) Ernst Lubitsch, Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Minutes before her wedding to Duke Otto Von Seibenheim, Countess Helene Mara flees, on a whim, to Monte Carlo, where she hopes her luck will save her poor financial state. There, Count Rudolph Farriere is taken by her beauty, but she rebuffs him, not even looking at him.
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) Ernst Lubitsch, Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He’s crazy about her and is smiling at her while on duty in the street.
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