Bride of the Regiment

Bride of the Regiment is a 1930 American PreCode musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical The Lady in Ermine by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood, which had been adapted from the operetta Die Frau im Hermelin by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. The story is a remake of a 1927 First National silent film, The Lady in Ermine, that starred Corinne Griffith. It was later remade by 20th CenturyFox as That Lady in Ermine 1948 starring Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Eager to save her husband, AnnaMarie shows a portrait of her greatgrandmother to Vultow and explains why the woman is wearing only an ermine cloak. Her ancestor once killed a man to protect her honor, and the countess fears she will be forced to do the same. The painting comes to life and AnnaMaries greatgrandmother steps down from the frame and embraces Vultow, now drunk on champagne. He falls asleep and dreams AnnaMarie willingly gives herself to him, and when he awakens, he orders Adrian to be freed in the mistaken belief AnnaMarie is now his. When Vultow receives news that the Italian troops are advancing, he departs, and the count and countess are reunited.The film was full of so much PreCode humor that it ran into censorship problems in many areas. The film drew large crowds in Chicago where it played as an Adults Only feature. The soundtrack reveals some amazingly suggestive dialogue. In one sequence, Myrna Loy playing a depraved dancer named Sophie finds out Vultow Walter Pidgeon who had previously fallen for her charms and made love to her has met with AnnaMarie Vivienne Segal and fallen for her charms and has completely forgotten about her. Sophie declares Ill get him back Ill dance until his blood is steaming and proceeds to begin a smoldering dance number on top of a long dinner table in a very seductive manner in an attempt to lure back Vultow from the charms of AnnaMarie. In another scene, Vultow has a conversation with AnnaMarie. He believes he has had sexual relations with her during the previous night. In reality, however, he dozed off after drinking too much liquor and dreamed the entire episode. The conversation runs as follows ........

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