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The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Film · 1931 · 89 min · NR · Comedy · Romance

Maurice Chevalier laughing and loving again in Ernst Lubitsch's sparkling cocktail of romantic merriment

An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Hugh O'Connell, Maude Allen, Granville Bates

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In cinemas1 August 1931
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First release anywhere1 August 1931

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