Monte Carlo (1930)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Monte Carlo |
| Original title | Monte Carlo |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ernst Lubitsch |
| script |
Ernest Vajda , Vincent Lawrence |
| production | Ernst Lubitsch |
| music |
William Franke Harling , Richard A. Whiting , John Leipold |
| camera | Victor Milner |
| cut | Merrill G. White |
| occupation | |
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Monte Carlo is an American comedy film from 1930. Director Ernst Lubitsch filmed a screenplay based on the novel Monsieur Beaucaire by Booth Tarkington and the play of the same name by Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland . The premiere took place on August 27, 1930. In 1931 the film was also released in Germany and Austria. After the Second World War, the film was shown again for the first time as a TV broadcast in the third BR program on December 25, 1970.
action
Vera von Conti is a countess who fled before marrying Prince Otto von Liebenheim. Now she is in Monte Carlo and is gambling away her last 10,000 francs in a casino. Also visiting Monte Carlo is the attractive and well-off Count Rudolph Fallière, who notices Vera's losing streak at the game. He is taken with her beauty and offers her to brush her hair, which should bring her luck. Vera thinks Rudolph is a hairdresser. Rudolph, who has fallen in love with Vera, let her believe and visits her every evening. He represents the real hairdresser Paul, who cannot work because of an accident.
Vera believes in luck and gives Rudolph her last 1000 francs, which he should set for her. Rudolph doesn't bet the money, but comes back to her with 100,000 francs. Vera kisses him, delighted with the win. Although she is now also in love with Rudolph, because of her financial needs, she agrees to marry the Prince of Liebenheim. Rudolph arranges a visit to the opera for her. The play is called Monsieur Beaucaire and is about a prince who poses as a hairdresser in order to win over the woman he loves. Vera sees that Rudolph is also a guest at the performance. She sees his real social status and recognizes the parallels.
background
The later chief cameraman Lucien Ballard worked as a camera operator at Monte Carlo . The Paramount Pictures film had an estimated budget of $ 725,000. It is one of the studio's 700+ films shot between 1929 and 1949, the television rights of which were sold to Universal Pictures in 1958 .
The novel Monsieur Beaucaire was the basis for the film Monsieur Beaucaire, the royal barber by Sidney Olcott with Rudolph Valentino in the title role as early as 1924 . In 1946 George Marshall made the comedy With Brush and Sword ; this time Bob Hope played the role of Monsieur Beaucaire.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films called Monte Carlo "a romantic comedy with musical passages in which the director first realized his charming, subtle handling of language and music". The Time Out Movie Guide highlighted the “lavish décor and costumes” that gave the film “fairytale quality”, with the “ridiculous songs and silly romance” making the film “cheerful, frivolous and thoroughly charming”. Variety remained cautious in its assessment. The film would not have been possible without Jeanette MacDonald. Channel 4 found the film "old but entertaining".
Soundtrack
The songs Beyond the Blue Horizon , Give Me a Moment Please , Always in All Ways , She'll Love Me and Like It and Whatever It Is, It's Good were sung by Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald. There were also the songs Day of Days , which was interpreted by a choir, and Trimmin 'the Women , sung by Jack Buchanan, John Roche and Tyler Brooke. With the exception of Give Me a Moment Please , all of the songs were composed by W. Franke Harling and Richard A. Whiting, the lyrics were by Leo Robin .
Web links
- Monte Carlo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See imdb.com
- ^ Monte Carlo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 25, 2019 .
- ↑ See timeout.com
- ↑ See Review: 'Monte Carlo' ( Memento from April 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Variety , 1930.
- ↑ See film4.com ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Song on YouTube
- ↑ Song on YouTube