The Smiling Lieutenant

August. 01,1931      NR
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Maurice Chevalier as  Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
Claudette Colbert as  Franzi
Miriam Hopkins as  Princess Anna
Charles Ruggles as  Max
George Barbier as  King Adolf XV
Hugh O'Connell as  Niki's Orderly
Granville Bates as  Bill Collector (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley as  Count Von Holden (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery as  Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson as  Baroness Von Schwedel (uncredited)

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