An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.
Writing
Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's razor-sharp dialogue, pre-Wilder's directing fame.
Costume
Colbert's gowns by Irene—each outfit is a character in itself.
Acting
Barrymore's dissolute millionaire, visibly savoring every bourbon-soaked line.
Director
Mitchell Leisen
Claudette Colbert
Eve Peabody
Don Ameche
Tibor Czerny
John Barrymore
Georges Flammarion
Francis Lederer
Jacques Picot
Mary Astor
Helene Flammarion
Elaine Barrie
Simone
Hedda Hopper
Stephanie
Rex O'Malley
Marcel
Monty Woolley
The Judge
Armand Kaliz
Lebon
Eugene Borden
Porter (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Porter (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Stephanie's Party Guest (uncredited)
André Cheron
Train Watchman (uncredited)
Eddie Conrad
Prince Potopienko (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilder and Brackett wrote this during a contract dispute with Paramount; they later called it 'the one where we learned we could actually write.'
Colbert insisted on only being filmed from her left side—this became so notorious that 'the Colbert bump' is still industry slang.
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