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The Emperor Waltz

19486.0 / 10106 min

Romance, Comedy, Music

Overview

Bing hits the high notes! Joan hits the love notes! You'll hit a happy note... in this king-sized muscial wonder!

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

Cast

Bing Crosby

Virgil Smith

Joan Fontaine

Johanna Augusta Franziska

Roland Culver

Baron Holenia

Lucile Watson

Princesse Bitotska

Richard Haydn

l'empereur François-Joseph

Harold Vermilyea

Chamberlain

Sig Ruman

Dr. Zwieback

Julia Dean

Archduchess Stephanie

Bert Prival

Chauffeur

Alma Macrorie

Inn Proprietress

Roberta Jonay

Chambermaid

John Goldsworthy

Crew

Billy Wilder

Director

Billy Daniel

Choreographer

Edith Head

Costume Design

Charles Brackett

Writer

Billy Wilder

Writer

George Barnes

Director of Photography

Charles Brackett

Producer

Franz Bachelin

Art Direction

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Paul Huldschinsky

Set Decoration

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Hugh Brown

Production Manager

Stanley Cooley

Sound

John Cope

Sound

Ed Henderson

Still Photographer

Fred True

Grip

Gile Steele

Costume Designer

Victor Young

Original Music Composer