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The two coast into the next scene on a wave of sexual innuendo, ending up at the breakfast table (IF you know what I mean…) Colbert and Chevalier keeping the breakfast warm Both men pursue her, but Niki is the one who strikes her interest. Max pleads with Niki to join him to watch her perform and the two men make a night of it, Niki at once realizing why Max took such a shine to Franzi. Fellow soldier Max (Charlie Ruggles) is married, but enamored with another woman, Franzi (Claudette Colbert), a violinist. Lieutenant Nikolaus “Niki” von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) is in charge of many horny soldiers stationed in Vienna Niki himself is an unabashed playboy.

Production Notes: Music by Oscar Straus, Lyrics by Clifford Grey, Cinematography by George Folsey, Art Direction by Hans Dreier.

Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charlie Ruggles, George Barbier.

Studio/Producer: Paramount Pictures / Ernst Lubitsch.

Type: Comedy, Romance, Musical, Pre-Code.

Standing: Nominated for Best Picture of 1931/1932.

Film & Year: The Smiling Lieutenant (1931).

For a list of all films and reviews, please see my original post. Beginning in November 2019, I embarked on the Old Hollywood Best Picture Challenge, where I will endeavor to watch all 270 films that were nominated and/or won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards between the years 1927-1969.