''Married in Hollywood'' is a 1929 American All-Talking

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 film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by Marcel Silver. This lavishly produced film featured color sequences in the

Multicolor Multicolor is a Subtractive color, subtractive two-color Color motion picture film, motion picture process. Multicolor, introduced to the motion picture industry in 1929, was based on the earlier Prizma, Prizma Color process, and was the forer ...

process. The film is based on two Oscar Straus operettas.

Plot

A showgirl, part of a troupe, tours Europe where she falls in love with a Balkan prince. The prince's parents disapprove and attempt to put a stop to the romance. A revolution occurs and the prince and the showgirl elope to Hollywood.

Cast

* J. Harold Murray as Prince Nicholai * Norma Terris as Mary Lou Hopkins / Mitzi Hofman *

Walter Catlett Walter Leland Catlett (February 4, 1889 – November 14, 1960) was an American actor and comedian. He made a career of playing excitable, meddlesome, temperamental, and officious blowhards. Career Catlett was born on February 4, 1889, in S ...

as Joe Glitner *Irene Palasty as Annushka *

Lennox Pawle Lennox Pawle (27 April 1872, in Marylebone, Middlesex – 22 February 1936, in Los Angeles, California) was an English stage and film actor. Life and career John Lennox Pawle was born in Marylebone, London, on 27 April 1872, the son of John C ...

as King Alexander *

Tom Patricola Tomasso Patricola (January 22, 1891 – January 1, 1950) was an American actor, comic and dancer who starred in vaudeville and motion pictures. Born in New Orleans, Patricola established his fame as a hoofer, becoming a leading interpreter of th ...

as Mahai *Evelyn Hall as Queen Louise * John Garrick as Stage Prince *

Douglas Gilmore Douglas Gilmore (June 25, 1903 – July 26, 1950) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films and theater productions. The University of Washington has a photograph of him from 1927. Filmography *'' His Buddy's Wife'' (1925), his film ...

as Adjutant Octvian *

Gloria Grey Gloria Grey (born Maria Dragomanovich; October 23, 1909 – November 22, 1947) was an American screen and stage actress and director, appearing in mainly dramatic/romantic films during the silent era and after. Career Grey was born Maria Dr ...

as Charlotte *Jack Stambaugh as Captain Jacobi *

Bert Sprotte Bert Sprotte (9 December 1870 – 30 December 1949) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 American films between 1918 and 1938. He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Selfi ...

as Herr von Herzen *Leila Karnelly as Frau von Herzen *Paul Ralli as Namari *

Donald Gallaher Donald Gallaher (June 25, 1895 – August 14, 1961) was an American actor who appeared in 25 films between 1903 and 1949. He also directed five films, including ''Temple Tower'' (1930). His name is sometimes misspelled "Gallagher". Early years ...

as Movie Director * Carey Harrison as Detective *Roy Seegar as Detective

Soundtrack

*Dance Away the Night (not to be confused with the similarly titled song from the original London production of ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 Show Boat (novel), novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the per ...

'') :Music by

Dave Stamper David Stamper (November 10, 1883September 18, 1963) was an American songwriter of the Tin Pan Alley and vaudeville eras, a contributor to twenty-one editions of the Ziegfeld Follies, writer for the Fox Film Corporation, and composer of more than ...

:Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *Peasant Love Song :Music by

:Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *Once Upon A Time :Music by

:Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *A Man, A Maid :Music by Oscar Straus :Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *Deep In Love :Music by Oscar Straus :Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *Bridal Chorus :Music by Arthur Kay :Lyrics by Harlan Thompson *National Anthem :Music by Arthur Kay :Lyrics by Harlan Thompson

Preservation

The only footage currently known to survive of the film is the final reel, which was filmed in

, held by the

UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As a nonpro ...

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