The Smiling Lieutenant
Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.20:1
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: March 16, 2015
- Originally Released: 1931
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Maurice Chevalier & Claudette Colbert | |
Performer: | Charles Ruggles, Miriam Hopkins & George Barbier | |
Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch | |
Screenplay by | Ernest Vajda & Samson Raphaelson | |
Cinematography by | George J. Folsey | |
Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B- --
Charming lightweight musical.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4.5/5 --
The players are so good, the dialogue (by Lubitsch, Ernest Vajda and Samson Raphaelson) so witty, and the direction so skillful that no one minds the logic lapses.
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TV Guide
Lubitsch pokes sly fun at the antics of his European aristocrats, but concurs with the film's conclusion that beauty is skin deep enough.
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Film4
It's quintessential Lubitsch in the way it suggests sexual dalliance with the brightening or darkening of a gas lamp outside a bedroom.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4/5 --
Wit and melody swing through Maurice Chevalier's latest picture.
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New York Times
The drought is in the disappointing Oscar Straus score of four numbers.
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Variety
Lubitsch's glissando rhythm is a thin veneer that never softens the essential cruelty of the story
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CinePassion
Description by OLDIES.com:
While on patrol, Lieutenant Nikolaus Niki von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) winks at his beautiful love interest, Franzi (Claudette Colbert). However, a frumpy princess named Anna (Miriam Hopkins) mistakenly believes he is flirting with her. Niki soon finds himself walking down the aisle at his own royal wedding and being whisked away to a neighboring kingdom. When Franzi follows the newlyweds, she finds herself tangled between her old love and a new friendship with Anna.
Keywords:
Romance
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Love Triangle
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Royalty
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Marriage
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Music
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Love Affairs
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Affairs
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Love Triangles
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Romances
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Love
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Universal Vault Series
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 23,418
- UPC: 025192262982
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item