My Lips Betray is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph C. Wright.
| My Lips Betray | |
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| Directed by | John G. Blystone |
| Written by | Attila Orbók (play) Jacques Natanson (play) Jane Storm S.N. Behrman Hanns Kräly |
| Starring | Lilian Harvey John Boles El Brendel |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Alex Troffey |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | November 4, 1933 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
In a fictional, Central European kingdom, a vivacious but dimwitted young lady works as a singer in a beer garden for her lease cash. In the meantime, the ruler is confronting bankruptcy for his small country, unless he weds a wealthy, but undesirable ruler of another Central European territory. Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible bankruptcy and ruin.
Cast edit
- Lilian Harvey as Lili Wieler
- John Boles as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
- El Brendel as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
- Irene Browne as Queen Mother Therese
- Maude Eburne as Mamma Watscheck
- Henry Stephenson as De Conti
- Herman Bing as Weininger
- Frank Atkinson as Baptiste, Royal Valet
- Robert Barrat as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Tyler Brooke as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- Albert Conti as Auto Salesman (uncredited)
- Wild Bill Elliott as Auto Showroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers as Dressmaker (uncredited)
- Vera Lewis as Gossipy Woman in Curlers (uncredited)
- Bull Montana as Hamlet (uncredited)
- Paul Panzer as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
- Dewey Robinson as Joseph Stein, Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
- Dorothy Vernon as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
Preservation edit
A restored version was shown at the 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation.
References edit
- ^ Solomon p. 343
Bibliography edit
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography. McFarland & Co, 2011.
External links edit
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