A moderately diverting musical the enjoyment of which probably hinges on how much you like its stars, Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald. I don't particularly care for either, and I especially HATE that shrill, warbly style of singing that MacDonald was so famous for, so I'm perhaps not the target audience for this movie.
The most fun to be had comes from George Barbier and Una Merkel as the ding-a-ling king and queen of a fictional country. Ernst Lubitsch adds some witty directorial flourishes here and there, but nothing like what he would bring to his later and much better films like "Ninotchka" and "The Shop Around the Corner."
The film's opulent production design is a character in and of itself, and won Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope the 1934 Oscar for Best Art Direction.
Grade: B
The most fun to be had comes from George Barbier and Una Merkel as the ding-a-ling king and queen of a fictional country. Ernst Lubitsch adds some witty directorial flourishes here and there, but nothing like what he would bring to his later and much better films like "Ninotchka" and "The Shop Around the Corner."
The film's opulent production design is a character in and of itself, and won Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope the 1934 Oscar for Best Art Direction.
Grade: B