The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
Release Date: Jul 2, 1937 Wide
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Baroness Orczy, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, came up with the story upon which The Emperor's Candlesticks was based. As in Pimpernel, the theme is international intrigue, but this time the setting is pre-World War One Europe and Russia rather than Revolutionary France. William Powell and Luise Rainer are spies working for opposing empires (Russian and Austrian) who travel undetected amidst the Nobility while plotting their plots. As they waltz about various ballrooms dressed to the nines,
Jul 2, 1937 Wide
Cast
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William Powell
Baron Stephan Wolensky -
Luise Rainer
Countess Olga Mironova -
Robert Young
Grand Duke Peter -
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maria -
Frank Morgan
Col. Baron Suroff -
Henry Stephenson
Prince Johann -
Bernadene Hayes
Mitzi -
Donald Kirke
Antone -
Douglas Dumbrille
Korum -
Barnett Parker
Albert -
Frank Reicher
Pavloff -
Bert Roach
Porter -
Paul Porcasi
Santuzzi -
E.E. Clive
Auctioneer -
Emma Dunn
Housekeeper -
Frank Conroy
Col. Radoff -
Erville Alderson
Conductor -
Egon Brecher
Chief of Police -
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Leonard Carey
Valet to Walensky -
Spencer Charters
Usher -
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Harvey Clark
Conductor -
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Maude Turner Gordon
Concierge -
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Olaf Hytten
Conspirator -
Carole Landis
Bit Part -
Mitchell Lewis
Plainclothesman -
Torben Meyer
Train Announcer -
Lionel Pape
Sugar Daddy -
Russell Powell
Coachman -
William Stack
Czar -
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Roland Varno
Czar's Officer -
Theodore von Eltz
Adjutant -
Clarence H. Wilson
Stationmaster -
Ian Wolfe
Leon -
Rollo Lloyd
Jailer -
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Mariska Aldrich
Ugly Woman -
John Picorri
Italian Ambassador -
Clarice Sherry
Blonde -
King Baggot
Customs Official -
George Davis
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In Rainer's case, The Emperor's Candlesticks seems unusually revealing, doffing the dropcloth from exactly the sort of peculiar, temporarily arresting artifact she was, guaranteed to inspire buyer's remorse.
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