My Lips Betray Explained

My Lips Betray
Director:	John G. Blystone
Starring:	Lilian Harvey John Boles El Brendel
Cinematography:	Lee Garmes
Editing:	Alex Troffey
Studio:	Fox Film Corporation
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

My Lips Betray is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph C. Wright.

Plot

In a fictional, Central European kingdom, a vivacious but dimwitted young lady works as a singer in a beer garden for her lease cash. In the meantime, the ruler is confronting bankruptcy for his small country, unless he weds a wealthy, but undesirable ruler of another Central European territory.Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible bankruptcy and ruin.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Lili Wieler
• John Boles as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
• El Brendel as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
• Irene Browne as Queen Mother Therese
• Maude Eburne as Mamma Watscheck
• Henry Stephenson as De Conti
• Herman Bing as Weininger
• Frank Atkinson as Baptiste, Royal Valet
• Robert Barrat as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• Tyler Brooke as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• Albert Conti as Auto Salesman (uncredited)
• Wild Bill Elliott as Auto Showroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Dressmaker (uncredited)
• Vera Lewis as Gossipy Woman in Curlers (uncredited)
• Bull Montana as Hamlet (uncredited)
• Paul Panzer as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
• Dewey Robinson as Joseph Stein, Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
• Dorothy Vernon as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)

Preservation

A restored version was shown at the 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation.

Bibliography

• Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935. A History and Filmography. McFarland & Co, 2011.

Notes and References

1. Solomon p. 343