
The Love Parade(1930)
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.


“Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment”
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

Maurice Chevalier
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn

Claudette Colbert
Franzi

Miriam Hopkins
Princess Anna

Charles Ruggles
Max

George Barbier
King Adolf XV

Hugh O'Connell
Niki's Orderly
Maude Allen
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Granville Bates
Bill Collector (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley
Count Von Holden (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
The Smiling Lieutenant is a comedy, romance film released in 1931 exploring themes of romantic rivalry, pre-code, wink. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins. An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
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