After the initial confrontation, Franzi sees that the princess is in fact deeply in love with the lieutenant, and decides to save the marriage by giving the princess a makeover, singing "Jazz up your lingerie!" The princess learns of this and decides to confront Franzi. The Lieutenant sneaks away from his bride to wander the streets of Flausenthurm to find his girlfriend. The international incident is narrowly averted by having them get married.
Besotted, the Princess demands she has to marry the lieutenant, or, she'll marry an American instead. The naive Princess assumes offense, leading the lieutenant to convince her that he slighted her because she is thought to be very beautiful. Unfortunately the gesture is intercepted by Anna, the Princess of Flausenthurm ( Miriam Hopkins). While standing in formation before a parade honoring the visiting royal family of Flausenthurm, Niki takes the opportunity to wink at Franzi in the crowd.
In Vienna, Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn ( Maurice Chevalier) meets Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the leader of an all-female-orchestra. The other two were Trouble in Paradise and Design for Living. This was the first of three films directed by Lubitsch and starring Miriam Hopkins. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Samson Raphaelson and Ernest Vajda from the operetta Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus, with libretto by and, which in turn was based on the novel Nux, der Prinzgemahl ("Nux the Prince Consort") by Hans Müller-Einigen. The Smiling Lieutenant is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins, and released by Paramount Pictures. Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam HopkinsĬomposer: Oscar Straus Musical Director: Adolph Deutsch (uncredited) Novel: Nux der Prinzgemahl (1905) Hans Müller-Einigen Operetta: Ein Walzertraum (1907)
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