Café Metropole

"The "LOVE IS NEWS" SWEETHEARTS play love's most exciting game!"

May 7 1937 Approved 1h 23m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

Plot

Victor Lobard, the smooth and nimble owner of the Café Metropole in Paris, has only ten days to replace a small fortune he embezzled from the business; he and a clerk face prison if he fails. He thinks he's won the money at a casino then learns he's in possession of a rubber check written by Alexander Brown, a well-mannered but penniless Yank. Lobard cooks up a scheme: to have Brown pretend to be a Russian prince, woo a visiting American, and get her rich father to give Brown the money Lobard needs. Several problems: Brown's not a very good impostor, a real Russian prince presents himself, and the two young people fall in love. Does prison await or do wild strawberries?

Written by

Jacques Deval, Gregory Ratoff

Directed by

Edward H. Griffith

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English, Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
789
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA