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My Lips Betray
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Wikipedia article
'My Lips Betray' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel.Solomon p. 343 The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph C. Wright.
Plot
In a make-believe, middle-european kingdom, a vivacious but dim nation young lady works as a singer in a beer garden for her lease cash. In the mean time, the Ruler is confronting bankruptcy for his small country, unless he weds a wealthy but undesirable Ruler of another Middle-European territory.
Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible bankruptcy and ruin.
Cast
* Lilian Harvey as Lili Wieler
* John Boles as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
* El Brendel as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
* Irene Browne as Queen Mother Therese
* Maude Eburne as Mamma Watscheck
* Henry Stephenson as De Conti
* Herman Bing as Weininger
* Frank Atkinson as Baptiste, Royal Valet
* Robert Barrat as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
* Tyler Brooke as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* Albert Conti as Auto Salesman (uncredited)
* Wild Bill Elliott as Auto Showroom Spectator (uncredited)
* Bess Flowers as Dressmaker (uncredited)
* Vera Lewis as Gossipy Woman in Curlers (uncredited)
* Bull Montana as Hamlet (uncredited)
* Paul Panzer as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
* Dewey Robinson as Joseph Stein, Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
* Dorothy Vernon as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
Preservation
A Restored version was shown at the 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation.
References
Bibliography
* Solomon, Aubrey. 'The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography'. McFarland & Co, 2011.
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