You can tell that "By Candlelight" is a film that came out before the tough Production Code of mid-1934. This is because this comedy also talks about adultery...and it certainly does NOT condemn it in any way!
Josef (Paul Lukas) is the valet to a prince...and a very good one. So when the prince is out whoring around with other men's wives, Josef, as best he can, runs interference. One day, the prince decides to go on a journey...and he sends his valet ahead of him to get his summer home ready. On the train ride, Josef meets a charming woman and Marie (Elissa Landie) assumes that Josef is THE prince...and pursues him. Little does she know that he's no prince...and Marie has a secret of her own to hide.
This is a cute sex comedy...minus the sex. As usual, Lukas is charming and the film has a few nice laughs.
