This ran recently on TCM, but is otherwise hard to find. Worth watching, chiefly to see slender, graceful Dolores Del Rio flit around, on one occasion in a back lit see through gown with nothing underneath, while she chirps away in a unique, but credible, Mexican/French accent. Dolores wasn't the first manic pixie dream girl, but she is one of the best.
Her saucy behavior as the King's mistress includes singing this mischievous gem: "King Louis and his fifteen thousand men/Had nothing to do one summer's night, so they DID IT again and again!"
The lavish sets and fine acting display the extravagant corruption of King Louis XV's court, and perhaps, the extravagant corruption of the wealthy and Hollywood in 1934 as well. The director has a light touch, creating a screwball mood. It all adds up to a surprisingly sophisticated film, deserving restoration and colorization. BC
Her saucy behavior as the King's mistress includes singing this mischievous gem: "King Louis and his fifteen thousand men/Had nothing to do one summer's night, so they DID IT again and again!"
The lavish sets and fine acting display the extravagant corruption of King Louis XV's court, and perhaps, the extravagant corruption of the wealthy and Hollywood in 1934 as well. The director has a light touch, creating a screwball mood. It all adds up to a surprisingly sophisticated film, deserving restoration and colorization. BC