Café Metropole
The "LOVE IS NEWS" SWEETHEARTS play love's most exciting game!
1937 | 84m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Edward H. Griffith |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Jacques Deval, Gregory Ratoff |
| Staring: |
| An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 28, 1937 |
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| Director: | Edward H. Griffith |
| Writer: | Jacques Deval, Gregory Ratoff |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | love at first sight, restaurant owner, gambling debt, disguise, millionaire, heiress, russian prince, fancy restaurant, imposture |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Demetrius Alexis | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Lynn Bari | Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited) |
| Eugene Borden | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Fred Cavens | Train Guard (uncredited) |
| Louise Clarke | Native Girl (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) |
| Charles De Ravenne | Page Boy (uncredited) |
| Mario Dominici | Player (uncredited) |
| Octavio Giraud | Porter (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| George Herbert | Player (uncredited) |
| Ramsay Hill | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Armand Kaliz | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Jacques Lory | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| Jean Masset | Player (uncredited) |
| Frank McLure | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Louis Mercier | Coatroom Attendant (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Alberto Morin | Page Boy (uncredited) |
| Manuel París | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Jean Perry | Second Gendarme on Train (uncredited) |
| John S. Peters | Gambler (uncredited) |
| Albert Pollet | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Jules Raucourt | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Rolfe Sedan | Flower Clerk (uncredited) |
| Leonid Snegoff | Porter (uncredited) |
| Michael Visaroff | First Cashier (uncredited) |
| Frederick Vogeding | Michael (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward H. Griffith | Director |
| Jacques Deval | Screenplay |
| Gregory Ratoff | Original Story |
| Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Irene Morra | Editor |
| Duncan Cramer | Art Direction |
| Hans Peters | Art Direction |
| Royer | Costume Design |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| William Forsyth | Assistant Director |
| Joseph E. Aiken | Sound |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Louis Silvers | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nunnally Johnson | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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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 an ... ything. 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.