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MONTE CARLO in 35mm
U.S., 1930
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Starring Jack Buchanan, Jeanette MacDonald
Approx. 90 min. 35mm.
On the run from her wedding, négligée-clad Countess Jeanette MacDonald trills “Beyond the Blue Horizon” in tune with the Blue Express that’s taking her to Monte Carlo, and to count-pretending-to-be-a-hairdresser Jack Buchanan (23 years before his second U.S. film THE BAND WAGON), with their “Give Me a Moment, Please” telephone duet a further highlight.
Presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“The merriment in this film is like the bubbles in champagne.”
– The New York Times
“Sumptuous sets, costumes, and a plethora of the titled and the wealthy combine to give MONTE CARLO a fairytale quality.”
– Time Out