''Adorable'' is a 1933 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...

musical

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

and starring

Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress. She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she ...

as a princess who disguises herself in order to go out socially and have fun, falling in love with a "commoner" in the process. The film also stars

Herbert Mundin Herbert Thomas Mundin (21 August 1898 – 5 March 1939) was an English character actor. He was frequently typecast in 1930s Hollywood films like ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' as an older cheeky eccentric, a type helped by his jowled featur ...

and

Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 14, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in ''Dumbo'', Adult Flower in ...

. It is a remake of the 1931 German romantic comedy '' Her Grace Commands''.

Plot

Janet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. But will this ordinary man love her back once he finds out she's a princess?

Cast

as "Mitzi" * Henri Garat as Karl Conrad * C. Aubrey Smith as Prime Minister Von Heynitz *

as Detective Pipac *

Blanche Friderici Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici. Early years Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici and ...

as The Countess *

as Emile (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1933 films 1933 musical comedy films 1933 romantic comedy films American musical comedy films American romantic comedy films American romantic musical films 1930s English-language films Films directed by William Dieterle Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder American black-and-white films Fox Film films American remakes of German films Films set in Europe 1930s romantic musical films 1930s American films Films scored by Werner R. Heymann English-language romantic comedy films English-language romantic musical films English-language musical comedy films {{romantic-musical-film-stub