by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Hollywood's Conrad Nagel heads cast of the British Ball at Savoy. The tux-garbed Nagel plays a baron who, while vacationing in Cannes, falls in love with opera star Marta Labarr. The prideful Labarr will have nothing to do with Nagel because of his wealth, so he poses as a waiter. When he's accused of being a thief, Nagel learns that there's two sets of justice, one for the rich, another for the poor. This 1936 remake of an earlier German film, was based on a novel by Alfred Grunwald and Fritz Lohner-Beda. Distribution of Ball at Savoy was handled in Britain and the US by RKO Radio Pictures.
characteristics
- Accusation
- Robber
- Opal
- Musical [play]
- School-principal
- Theft
- Waitress
- Waiter/waitress
- Thief
- Love
- Investigation
- Criminal
- Aristocrat
- Aristocracy
- Cross-cultural-relations
