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A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
Max Barwyn
- Frenchman
- (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
- Train Conductor
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Opera Chorus Singer
- (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
- Hunchback at Casino
- (uncredited)
John Carroll
- Wedding Guest Officer
- (uncredited)
Frances Dee
- Receptionist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA silent version was produced for theaters not yet equipped for sound films. This version runs 20 minutes shorter than the sound version. The silent version was long thought lost until 1968. Historian and film preservationist David Shepard donated a copy, along with many other Paramount titles on nitrate film, to the American Film Institute.
- GoofsJeanette MacDonald is referred to as a blonde early on in the dialogue. She was actually a redhead, and no attempt was made to lighten her hair to make her look blonde. Her hair photographed the dark grey red hair usually reproduced as on the black-and-white film used in 1930.
- Quotes
Train Conductor: Are you the lady who jumped on this train after we had started?
Countess Helene Mara: Yes, and I shall complain about it. Trains don't go until I get on them!
- SoundtracksBeyond The Blue Horizon
(uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting and W. Franke Harling
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
Featured review
The son of a gun ain't nothing but a Count
This was Jeanette Macdonald's 4th film in all and 2nd for director Ernst Lubitsch both getting into their sound-stride and both with many classics still ahead of them, after all their lives had only begun. Print quality on the DVD is marvellous for a 1930 film, making me wonder why it was never shown on UK TV in the days when they used to cater for people like me.
In the gambling dens of Monte Carlo Countess Jeanette pretends to be rich when she's poor and the guy who fancies her, Count Jack, pretends to be poor when he's rich so as to be her hairdresser. Later famous variations in Paramount films were with Chevalier as her (nothing but a) tailor unintentionally masquerading as a Baron in Love Me Tonight directed by Mamoulian and the fake Baron and Countess in the sublime Trouble In Paradise directed by Lubitsch. The story goes in a few unexpected directions but ultimately all's well that ends well this was the Golden Age of course. Out of the seven songs only Beyond The Blue Horizon and Always In All Ways were truly memorable, but all were listenable to and pleasant. Zazu Pitts was as sadly underused as Jeanette's maid as was Barbara Leonard as Mitzi's in One Hour With You and Jack Buchanan managed to keep it a dark secret why he was such a big star; the film only lost a little momentum at the opera but overall everything worked well. The sets and costumes were relentlessly beautiful in fact an extremely colourful black and white. Jeanette looked radiant with her gorgeous hair Roll Over Madonna!
A lovely little film and a window on 1930 it's not a classic but it was another building block for those to come from Paramount in the next few years.
In the gambling dens of Monte Carlo Countess Jeanette pretends to be rich when she's poor and the guy who fancies her, Count Jack, pretends to be poor when he's rich so as to be her hairdresser. Later famous variations in Paramount films were with Chevalier as her (nothing but a) tailor unintentionally masquerading as a Baron in Love Me Tonight directed by Mamoulian and the fake Baron and Countess in the sublime Trouble In Paradise directed by Lubitsch. The story goes in a few unexpected directions but ultimately all's well that ends well this was the Golden Age of course. Out of the seven songs only Beyond The Blue Horizon and Always In All Ways were truly memorable, but all were listenable to and pleasant. Zazu Pitts was as sadly underused as Jeanette's maid as was Barbara Leonard as Mitzi's in One Hour With You and Jack Buchanan managed to keep it a dark secret why he was such a big star; the film only lost a little momentum at the opera but overall everything worked well. The sets and costumes were relentlessly beautiful in fact an extremely colourful black and white. Jeanette looked radiant with her gorgeous hair Roll Over Madonna!
A lovely little film and a window on 1930 it's not a classic but it was another building block for those to come from Paramount in the next few years.
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- Spondonman
- Mar 1, 2008
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- Budget
- $726,465 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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