The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) | |
| Director(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Producer(s) | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Infidelity, Pre-Code Cinema, Romance (Comic), Romantic Rivalry |
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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and produced by Ernst Lubitsch.
Academy Awards 1931/32 --- Ceremony Number 5 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | Paramount Publix | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
on Mar 19, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: The Smiling Lieutenant?(1931... Read full article
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 29, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsOne would never think that one well placed wink would change the course of an entire life or be the basis for an entire film, but on both accounts it is true. Ernst Lubitsch’s The Smiling Lieutenant represents all that is good and right about one of his films. It’s light and airy with a ... Read full article
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 29, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsOne would never think that one well-placed wink would change the course of an entire life or be the basis for an entire film, but on both accounts it is true. Ernst Lubitsch’s The Smiling Lieutenant represents all that is good and right about one of his films. It’s light and airy with a ... Read full article
Pre-Code Crazy: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
By shadowsandsatin on Jan 7, 2016 From Shadows and SatinIf you know anything about me at all, you might know that I?m not a huge fan of musicals. Oh, don?t get me wrong ? I definitely have my favorites, like Golddiggers of 1933, 42nd?Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,?Singin’ in the Rain?and, of course, The Wizard Oz. But as a rule, plopping ... Read full article
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT-1931
By Theresa Brown on Jun 19, 2015 From CineMaven's Essays from the CouchRa-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta, ta-tahhhhh! WHEW!!! I need a cigarette. STAT!!! Well wouldn?t you if you were participating in the Sex Blogathon? Yep. Click on?this banner and dive <—into the smorgasbord of sex and desire in classic cinema by bloggers all over the blogosphere. My contribution will ... Read full article
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Quotes from
King Adolf XV: What?
Princess Anna: I'm going to marry an American!
Franzi: Girls who start with breakfast don't usually end up with supper.
Franzi: Jazz up your lingerie!
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The delightful rhythmic underscoring of the film which comments ironically on the mood of the characters may be the first work of the great orchestrator, Conrad Salinger, whose magnificent symphonic arrangements set the style of the MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s. Salinger was a pupil of Delius.
A French version with dialogue and lyrics by Henri Bataille was shown in New York on 15 October 1931 and was also a big hit in Paris. It had the same three leading actors and probably was a dubbed English print.
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