The Smiling Lieutenant

1931 film by Ernst Lubitsch
Movie film Q1199446
The Smiling Lieutenant
Paramount · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Smiling Lieutenant

Summary

The Smiling Lieutenant is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Smiling Lieutenant's image is recorded as The smiling lieutenant.jpg[3].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's director is recorded as Ernst Lubitsch[5].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's screenwriter is recorded as Ernst Lubitsch[6].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's screenwriter is recorded as Ernest Vajda[7].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's screenwriter is recorded as Samson Raphaelson[8].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's composer is recorded as Oscar Straus[9].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[10].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's genre is recorded as romantic comedy[11].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's genre is recorded as musical film[12].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Maurice Chevalier[13].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Claudette Colbert[14].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Miriam Hopkins[15].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Charles Ruggles[16].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as George Barbier[17].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Elizabeth Patterson[18].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Granville Bates[19].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Hugh O'Connell[20].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Charles Wagenheim[21].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Harry C. Bradley[22].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's cast member is recorded as Carrie Daumery[23].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's producer is recorded as Ernst Lubitsch[24].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's production company is recorded as Paramount Pictures[25].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's director of photography is recorded as George J. Folsey[26].
  • The Smiling Lieutenant's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0022074[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Smiling Lieutenant's producer is recorded as Ernst Lubitsch[24]. Its director is recorded as Ernst Lubitsch[5]. Screenwriters include Ernst Lubitsch[6], Ernest Vajda[7], and Samson Raphaelson[8]. Cast members include Maurice Chevalier[13], Claudette Colbert[14], Miriam Hopkins[15], Charles Ruggles[16], George Barbier[17], and Elizabeth Patterson[18].

Publication

The Smiling Lieutenant's publication date is recorded as +1931-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[29]. Genres include romantic comedy[11] and musical film[12].

Subject and Themes

The Smiling Lieutenant's movement is recorded as Pre-Code Hollywood[10].

Reception

Reviews include 7.7/10[30] and 88%[31].

Why It Matters

The Smiling Lieutenant ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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