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A Royal Scandal
Saucy! Naughty! Delicious!
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
- Original title
- A Royal Scandal
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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Jul 1, 2022 · via TMDB
William Eythe is "Lt. Chernoff", an enthusiastic Russian officer determined to warn his Empress that she is in the gravest of danger. Arriving at her palace, he eventually manages to secure an audience but it turns out that Catherine the Great (Tallulah Bankhead) and her shrewd Chancellor "Ilyitch" (Charles Coburn) have already dealt with this potential treachery. The Empress, however, takes a bit of a shine to her gallant young soldier and soon he is soaring through the ranks - much to the chagrin of his fiancée "Anna" (Anne Baxter). As he rises, he begins to think he can make a difference - and is soon treading on toes that could spell his end... The writing is amusing and quick fire, and the efforts from Bankhead and, particularly, Coburn keep this film moving along a-pace. There is plenty of pith in the script, and though it pays but the tiniest of nods to actual history, it does offer us quite an entertaining account of how life might have been when the court was run by a lady who liked the sight of a soldier in a white uniform. Good fun!
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Tallulah Bankhead
Catherine the Great
Charles Coburn
Nicolai Iiyitch
Anne Baxter
Anna Jaschikoff
William Eythe
Alexei Chernoff
Vincent Price
Marquis de Fleury
Mischa Auer
Captain Sukov
Sig Ruman
General Ronsky
Vladimir Sokoloff
Malakoff
Mikhail Rasumny
Drunken General
Egon Brecher
Wassilikow (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Footman (uncredited)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Lackey (uncredited)
Donald Douglas
Variatinsky (uncredited)
Fred Essler
Stooge (uncredited)
Eva Gabor
Countess Demidow (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
Russian General (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Stooge (uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Russian General (uncredited)
John Russell
Guard (uncredited)
Leonid Snegoff
Russian General (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Boris (uncredited)
Henry Victor
Russian General (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Russian General (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur
Russian General (uncredited)
Virginia Walker
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Stooge (uncredited)
Otto Preminger
Director
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Bruno Frank
Adaptation
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