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The 4 Jan 1930 Exhibitors Herald-World announced that the production starting date for Bride of the Regiment was 14 Nov 1929. Wallace Beery was listed as a co-star, but he is not in the final credits.
       For information on other adaptations of the operetta Der Frau I'm Hermelin, please consult the entry for the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox film That Lady in Ermine, which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ...

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The 4 Jan 1930 Exhibitors Herald-World announced that the production starting date for Bride of the Regiment was 14 Nov 1929. Wallace Beery was listed as a co-star, but he is not in the final credits.
       For information on other adaptations of the operetta Der Frau I'm Hermelin, please consult the entry for the 1948 Twentieth Century-Fox film That Lady in Ermine, which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Exhibitors Herald-World
4 Jan 1930
p. 59
Exhibitors Herald-World
31 May 1930
p. 21
Film Daily
25 May 1930
p. 16
Los Angeles Times
3 Jun 1930
p. A11
New York Times
22 May 1930
p. 32
New Yorker
31 May 1930
pp. 61-62
Time
2 Jun 1930
p. 64
Variety
28 May 1930
p. 21
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
Assoc prod
WRITERS
Adpt
Dial
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dir of photog
Charles E. Schoenbaum
Dir of photog
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
SOUND
Rec eng
DANCE
Dance dir
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the operetta Die Frau im Hermelin , book by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch, music by Jean Gilbert (1919).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHORS
SONGS
"Broken-Hearted Lover" and "One Life, One Love," words by Al Bryan, music by Eddie Ward; "When Hearts are Young," words by Cyrus Wood, music by Sigmund Romberg; "Cook's Song," "Dream Away," "Heart of Heaven," "I'd Like To Be a Happy Bride," "One Kiss Sweetheart, Then Goodbye," "Through the Miracle of Love" and "You Still Retain Your Girlish Figure," music and lyrics by Al Bryan, Eddie Ward and Al Dubin.
SONGWRITERS/COMPOSERS
+ −
DETAILS
Release Date:
22 June 1930
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 21 May 1930
Production Date:
began 14 Nov 1929
Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
First National Pictures, Inc.
27 June 1930
LP1388
Physical Properties:
Sound
Vitaphone
Color
Technicolor
Duration(in mins):
79
Length(in feet):
7,418
Length(in reels):
12
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the town to quell an Italian uprising. The bride and relatives induce the count to flee to his castle, but Tangy, a silhouette cutter, brings word from the revolutionary committee asking him to return; the count goes, asking Tangy to pose as the count and protect Anna-Marie. Vultow, the leader of the Austrians, determined to seduce Anna-Marie, learns of Adrian's identity and orders him shot at sunrise unless she submits. Drunk with champagne, Vultow falls asleep and dreams that Anna-Marie comes to him willingly, and later, believing he has conquered her, he consents to Adrian's freedom. When he learns of this trick of fate, however, a hurried dispatch obliges him to depart, and the count and countess are ...

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As they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess Anna-Marie are told that the Austrians are marching on the town to quell an Italian uprising. The bride and relatives induce the count to flee to his castle, but Tangy, a silhouette cutter, brings word from the revolutionary committee asking him to return; the count goes, asking Tangy to pose as the count and protect Anna-Marie. Vultow, the leader of the Austrians, determined to seduce Anna-Marie, learns of Adrian's identity and orders him shot at sunrise unless she submits. Drunk with champagne, Vultow falls asleep and dreams that Anna-Marie comes to him willingly, and later, believing he has conquered her, he consents to Adrian's freedom. When he learns of this trick of fate, however, a hurried dispatch obliges him to depart, and the count and countess are reunited.

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Subject (Minor):
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Offscreen Credit
Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement Award

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