Monte Carlo

What is there about Lubitsch endings? In this 1930 film Monte Carlo we're in the Monte Carlo opera house watching two people as they watch the end of the operetta, Monsieur Beaucaire. In one box is the handsome and debonair... Full review

The world of Jeanette MacDonald fandom is divided into two groups: those who love her early films, usually with Maurice Chevalier as her co-star (though in this case she got Jack Buchanan instead) and sophisticated directors like Ernst Lubitsch and... Full review

This was Jeanette Macdonald's 4th film in all and 2nd for director Ernst Lubitsch – both getting into their sound-stride and both with many classics still ahead of them, after all – their lives had only begun. Print quality on... Full review

The first twenty minutes of MONTE CARLO is so much fun and so promising that you might think you've happened upon one of Ernst Lubitsch's best musical comedies. The film kicks off with a highly amusing sequence at the palace... Full review

Surprisingly fresh comedy and adult outlooks sparkle in this fun early talkie and musical starring Jeanette MacDonald. It's got a none-too-subtle fetishy undertone to give it a snappy jolt, it's got some unusually naturalistic acting (especially from the pre-Nelson Eddy... Full review

Even minor Lubitsch rates a 7. His comedic sensibility was unique in its poetry and effortless sophistication.One doesn't expect an iron-clad plot in musical comedy, but MONTE CARLO's fails to fulfill even the minimal requirements of the genre. It simply... Full review

Certainly when you look at this film as a 1930 musical, the way that songs are integrated into the plot is a marvel, and it has a fluidity that belies the year it was made. That said, this is rather... Full review

Though a bit flawed, "Monte Carlo" is still one of Ernst Lubitsch's most dynamic and inventive musicals. A follow-up to Lubitsch's delightful "The Love Parade", "Monte Carlo" regains Jeanette MacDonald but unfortunately it lacks Maurice Chevalier whose Gallic, continental charm... Full review

MONTE CARLO (Paramount, 1930), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald, is a witty, sophisticated musical comedy with continental charm, which at times resembles some of the latter films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for RKO... Full review

Jeanette MacDonald is luminous, and, to my utter surprise, there is a real erotic charge between MacDonald and Jack Buchanan. Parts of the score may be a bit underwhelming, but "Beyond the Blue Horizon" is as terrific as advertised. Of... Full review

The opening to Monte Carlo (1930), where two characters cross a palace courtyard under a line of upheld umbrellas, is a typical example of his large-scale comic charm. That director Ernst Lubitsch seriously dabbled in musicals should come as no surprise. ... Full Review

At the 11th hour, Vera decides to skip the wedding and instead heads to Monte Carlo, where she visits the casinos and begins losing in a heroic fashion. Countess Vera Von Conti (MacDonald) is engaged to marry the dull Prince Otto Von Seibenheim ( Claud Allister ), whom she doesn't love. ... Full Review

Perhaps it's because she seldom got to work with a director so adept at comedy as Ernst Lubitsch .....All of the songs were pretty good.... ... Full Review