A minor Noel Coward play is turned into a tedious movie that should have been a musical. It's the typical Cinderfella story that's been seen all too often before and required the light touch of Ernst Lubitsch or someone of that ilk to make it work. Set in Paris, it's the familiar tale of
the princess of a mythical country (Colbert) who meets a commoner, March, falls in love with him, and goes against the wishes of everyone who wants her to marry a man of her own station, Cavanagh. While Colbert and March are having their romance in Paris, Colbert's father and brother are slain by
revolutionaries, and she must race back to her
mittel-European land to take ove...
Released:
1933
Rated:
NR
Length:
75 mins