Princess Charming

Revolution threatens! In the main it can be averted only by Princess Evelyn Laye marrying King George Grossmith, although stopgaps like Max Miller selling someone insurance or Miss Laye singing a revolutionary song or even marrying Captain Herbert Wilcoxon will get everyone to the the next scene.

This movie is adapted from a stage show. Miss Laye had been a musical-comedy star in the West End for a decade and a half and was making her big move in the talkies and this operetta was clearly chosen as a major vehicle for her; the director was Maurice Elvey, who directed impeccably, as he always did, but seems to have had no idea of what to do other than keep the camera moving as Miller wanders across the studio, babbling about insurance, kittens and elbows. It's entertaining, but after it's all over, it left me with the feeling that I had had my pocket picked.