The Emperor Waltz (1949)
2.2 of 5 from 4 ratings
1h 41min
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- Synopsis:
In Austria, the American traveling salesman Virgil Smith (Bing Crosby) arrives in the palace of Emperor Franz-Joseph I (Richard Haydn) with his mongrel dog Button expecting to sell one gramophone to him to promote his sales in the country. However, the guards believe he has a time-bomb and he does not succeed in his intent. When the dog Sheherazade of the widowed Countess Johanna Franziska von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg (Joan Fontaine) bites Button, Virgil visits her and sooner he falls in love for Johanna and Button for Sheherazade that is promised to breed with the Emperor's dog. When Virgil asks permission to marry Johanna to the Emperor, the nobleman exposes to the salesman that their difference of social classes would doom their marriage and offers a business to Virgil. - Actors:
- Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson, Richard Haydn, Harold Vermilyea, Sig Ruman, Julia Dean, Bert Prival, Alma Macrorie, Roberta Jonay, John Goldsworthy, Harry Allen, Gene Ashley, Franco Corsaro, Paul De Corday, Cyril Delevanti, Doris Dowling, Frank Elliott, Jac Fisher
- Directors:
- Billy Wilder
- Producers:
- Charles Brackett
- Writers:
- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
- Others:
- Edith Head, Victor Young, Gile Steele
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups
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