“He Sang Himself Into the Queen’s Boudoir! One Kiss and the Whole Kingdom Was His!”
Sound film — 107 mins.
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. / Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Production: June 15, 1929 (David Stenn’s Bombshell lists June 17, but AFI cites June 15) — July 31, 1929
Release date: January 18, 1930 (David Stenn’s Bombshell cites the New York premiere date of November 19, 1929)
Survival/release status: Extant; available to watch online and on DVD.
Cast: Maurice Chevalier (Count Alfred), Jeanette MacDonald (Queen Louise), Lupino Lane (Jacques), Lillian Roth (Lulu), Eugene Pallette (Minister of War), Edgar Norton (Master of Ceremonies), Virginia Bruce (Lady-in-Waiting), Jean Harlow (Woman in Opera Box, uncredited).
Summary (from IMDB): Queen Louise’s cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Unfortunately, he finds his position as Queen’s Consort unsatisfying and without purpose, and the marriage soon runs into difficulties.
Trivia:
- Harlow won a part in this film via Joseph Egli, the Paramount casting director who had previously placed her in Moran of the Marines.
Stills and ad art:
Harlow Heaven 