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Monte Carlo (1930) [NR]

Featuring:
Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister

Written by:
Ernest Vajda
Hans Müller
Booth Tarkington

Directed by:
Ernst Lubitsch


Release Date:
August 27, 1930

Original Title:
Monte Carlo

Genres:
Comedy | Music | Romance

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 90

As intimate as a lady's boudoir!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

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Overview from Open Movies

Minutes before her wedding to Duke Otto Von Seibenheim, Countess Helene Mara flees, on a whim, to Monte Carlo, where she hopes her luck will save her poor financial state. There, Count Rudolph Farriere is taken by her beauty, but she rebuffs him, not even looking at him. Assuming the guise of a hairdresser, he finally succeeds in seeing her, night and morning. Sparks fly, and love ensues - but can she love a lowly hairdresser? As her finances worsen though, the Duke arrives, and his money and social status seem even more enticing. Shunning Rudolph, will her story follow the operatic "unhappy ending", or can she have it all?

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Rankings and Honors

Monte Carlo (1930) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10

Performers

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Production

Additional Dialogue:
Vincent Lawrence

Director:
Ernst Lubitsch

Director of Photography:
Victor Milner

Editor:
Merrill G. White

Lyricist:
Leo Robin

Novel:
Booth Tarkington

Original Music Composer:
W. Franke Harling
Karl Hajos
Herman Hand
Sigmund Krumgold
John Leipold

Producer:
Ernst Lubitsch

Screenplay:
Ernest Vajda

Songs:
Richard A. Whiting
W. Franke Harling

Story:
Hans Müller

Theatre Play:
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland

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