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The Empress And I

1933, Movie, NR, 83 mins

The Empress And I: Review

Complex musical has Harvey, the Empress' hairdresser, confused for the Empress by a delirious nobleman. Much confusion and singing ensues before it's all sorted out. Well done by veteran director Pommer with two separate casts, one for German, the other for English-speaking audiences. Director Hollander, also a composer, wrote many of the songs Marlene Dietrich made famous, and set designer Robert Herlth's ideas strongly influenced German "expressionism" in art (THE CABINET ... read more leave a comment