The Smiling Lieutenant
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
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| Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Written by | Novel: Hans Müller-Einigen Operetta: Leopold Jacobson Felix Dörmann Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson Ernest Vajda Uncredited: Ernst Lubitsch French Dialogue: Jacques Bataille-Henri |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins |
| Music by | Oscar Straus |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Editing by | Merrill G. White |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 1, 1931 (US) |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 Paramount film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Made in the Pre-Code era, it was written by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda, from the operetta Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus (libretto by Leopold Jacobson and Felix Dörmann), which in turn was based on the novel Nur der Prinzgemahl by Hans Müller-Einigen. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
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The movie stars Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles and George Barbier. It is a romantic comedy concerning the love of a Princess for a soldier, and the love of the soldier for another woman. The Lieutenant (Chevalier) while standing in formation before a parade honoring the visiting royal family of Flausenthurm takes an opportunity to smile at his girlfriend in the crowd.
Unfortunately the smile is intercepted by the Princess of Flausenthurm, and an international incident is narrowly avoided by having them marry. The Lieutenant continually sneaks away from his dowdy bride to visit his girlfriend (Colbert) who decides to confront the princess. She finds her to be deeply in love, and decides to save the marriage by giving the princess a makeover ("Jazz up your lingerie!") The results are a complete success as the Lieutenant follows his satin clad, cigarette puffing bride into the bedroom and closes the door — only to open it and give the audience a last song and a suggestive wink.
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