Café Metropole
1937·United States·83 min.
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Victor Lobard, the smooth and nimble owner of the Café Metropole in Paris, has only ten days to replace a small fortune he embezzled from the business; he and a clerk face prison if he fails. He thinks he's won the money at a casino then learns he's in possession of a rubber check written by Alexander Brown, a well-mannered but penniless Yank. Lobard cooks up a scheme: to have Brown pretend to be a Russian prince, woo a visiting American, and get her rich father to give Brown the money Lobard needs. Several problems: Brown's not a very good impostor, a real Russian prince presents himself, and the two young people fall in love. Does prison await or do wild strawberries?
DirectorEdward H. Griffith
CinematographyLucien N. Andriot
CastLoretta Young·Tyrone Power·Adolphe Menjou·Gregory Ratoff·Charles Winninger·Helen Westley·Christian Rub·Ferdinand Gottschalk·Georges Renavent·Leonid Kinskey
Original titleCafé Metropole