Essential Cinema: Pre-Code Mania
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
USA, 1931, 1h 29min, 35mm
There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.
A frankly sexual musical from master Ernst Lubitsch. Casanova Maurice Chevalier is torn between sexy bandleader Claudette Colbert and dowdy princess Miriam Hopkins, who sings an awesome song about provocative undergarments. In 35mm.
