Her Majesty, Love

1931 film

Robert Lord
Arthur Caesar
Joseph Jackson (uncredited)

Screenplay by

Robert Lord
Arthur Caesar

Based on

Ihre Majestat die Liebe (1931 German film)
by

Rudolf Bernauer
Rudolph Osterreicher

StarringMarilyn MillerCinematographyRobert KurrleEdited byRalph DawsonMusic byLeo F. Forbstein

Production
company

First National Pictures

Distributed byWarner Bros.

Release date

December 15, 1931 (1931-12-15)

Running time

75 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Her Majesty, Love is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy drama film directed by William Dieterle for First National Pictures, starring Broadway stars Marilyn Miller and Ben Lyon,^[1] and in his talking feature debut, W. C. Fields.

It is a remake of the German film Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931).

Plot

Cast

Marilyn Miller as Lia Toerrek
Ben Lyon as Fred von Wellingen
W. C. Fields as Lia's Father
Leon Errol as Baron von Schwarzdorf
Ford Sterling as Otmar
Chester Conklin as Emil
Harry Stubbs as Hanneman
Clarence Wilson as Uncle Cornelius
Harry Holman as Reisenfeld
Ruth Hall as Factory secretary
Mae Madison as Elli, Fred's sister
Maude Eburne as Aunt Harriette
Virginia Sale as Laura Reisenfeld
William Irving as Second man in cabaret

Preservation status

Prints of Her Majesty, Love are held in the Turner Library and the Library of Congress.^[2]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893–1993:Her Majesty, Love
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress American Film Institute, 1978. p. 78