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Café Metropole

Name: Café Metropole
Released: 1937-04-28T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.3

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1937 • 84 min • ★ 7.3 (12) • Released

Comedy Drama

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

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Original title: Café Metropole
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

CinemaSerf

Jun 20, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this rather daft tale of an American stuck in Paris where he owes quite a lot of money to a nightclub owner he has bounced a cheque upon. His only way out, is to schmooze wealthy American heiress "Laura" (Loretta Young) - and he only has ten days to achieve anything. His plan is not without it's flaws - he is to pretend to be the Russian "Prince Alexis" and hope that her wealthy father will bail him out. Snag is, the real Prince shows up and he starts to fall for the woman, for real! There is quite a fun role for Adolphe Menjou ("Lobard"), the dodgy owner of the club, and there is some genuine chemistry between the leading characters that makes this quite an enjoyable little comedy romance. The script is a bit predictable, as are many of the scenarios, and the ending is never really in doubt - but it's still quite a good, short, little film that is sympathetically photographed leaving us in no doubt why both were stars.

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Cast 30

Loretta Young

Laura Ridgeway

Tyrone Power

Alexis

Adolphe Menjou

Monsieur Victor

Gregory Ratoff

Paul

Charles Winninger

Joseph Ridgeway

Helen Westley

Margaret Ridgeway

Christian Rub

Maxl Schinner

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Monsieur Leon Monnet

Georges Renavent

Captain

Leonid Kinskey

Artist

Hal K. Dawson

Arthur Cleveland Thorndyke

Paul Porcasi

Police Official

André Cheron

Croupier (as Andre Cheron)

George Beranger

Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)

Lynn Bari

Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Waiter (uncredited)

Albert Conti

Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Secretary (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Waiter at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)

George Davis

Gendarme Outside Café Metropole (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

First Gendarme on Train (uncredited)

Armand Kaliz

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Coatroom Attendant (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

Page Boy (uncredited)

Manuel París

Gambler (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

Flower Clerk (uncredited)

Leonid Snegoff

Porter (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

First Cashier (uncredited)

Frederick Vogeding

Michael (uncredited)

Crew 4

Edward H. Griffith

Director

Nunnally Johnson

Associate Producer

Gregory Ratoff

Original Story

Jacques Deval

Screenplay

Gallery

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US Release Dates 3

Apr 28, 1937

New York City, New York

Theatrical (Limited)

May 7, 1937

Theatrical

Jul 29, 2008

DVD, 20th Century-Fox

NR Physical