Directed by:
George FitzmauriceCast:
Evelyn Laye, John Boles, Leon Errol, Lilyan Tashman, Henry Kolker, Vince Barnett, Luis Alberni, Hugh Cameron, Henry Victor, Lionel BelmorePlots(1)
Samuel Goldwyn attempted to turn British operetta star Evelyn Laye into another Jeanette MacDonald with this cardboard romance that proved a disaster at the operetta-weary box office. Laye plays Lilli, a demure flower girl at a Budapest theater who worships the show's star, the temperamental and highly flirtatious Fritzi Yajos (Lilyan Tashman), despite the admonitions of her friend Otto (Leon Errol). Fritzi, however, commits one indiscretion too many and the local prefect of police (Henry Kolker) orders her to take a six months "vacation" in the country, but the highly combustible chanteuse is loath to leave her many lovers and convinces Lilli to go in her stead. When the attractive girl arrives in the provincial town of Zuppa, she becomes the target of handsome but shallow Count Mirko Tibor (John Boles), who is merely out to make yet another conquest. Needless to say, the count has fallen head over heels in love with the surprisingly decorous "star," and she with him, when the real Fritzi makes her belated appearance. Miss Laye sings Bruno Granichstaedten, Edward Eliscu, and Clifford Grey's lilting "Along the Road of Dreams"; Nacio Herb Brown's "Heavenly Night (When Evening Is Near)" with John Boles; and "Goodnight Serenade." Lilyan Tashman performs Granichstaedten's "I Belong to Everybody." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Evelyn Laye
UK
Best movies:
The Woman He Loved (1988) (TV movie)
John Boles
USA
Best movies:
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Leon Errol
Australia
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Lilyan Tashman
USA
Henry Kolker
USA
Best movies:
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Vince Barnett
USA
Best movies:
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Luis Alberni
Spain
Best movies:
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Anthony Adverse (1936)
Hugh Cameron
USA
Henry Victor
UK
Best movies:
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The Mortal Storm (1940)
Lionel Belmore
UK
Best movies:
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