Film Snail

6.9

Café Metropole

NR·1937·84m

Comedy

Drama

Comedy

Drama

Summary

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

Cast

Loretta Young

Laura Ridgeway

Tyrone Power

Alexis

Adolphe Menjou

Monsieur Victor

Gregory Ratoff

Paul

Charles Winninger

Joseph Ridgeway

Helen Westley

Margaret Ridgeway

Christian Rub

Maxl Schinner

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Monsieur Leon Monnet

Georges Renavent

Captain

Leonid Kinskey

Artist

Hal K. Dawson

Arthur Cleveland Thorndyke

Paul Porcasi

Police Official

André Cheron

Croupier (as Andre Cheron)

George Beranger

Hat Clerk (as Andre Beranger)

Demetrius Alexis

Gambler (uncredited)

Lynn Bari

Patron at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Waiter (uncredited)

Fred Cavens

Train Guard (uncredited)

Louise Clarke

Native Girl (uncredited)

Albert Conti

Gendarme at Jail (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Secretary (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Waiter at Sidewalk Café (uncredited)

George Davis

Gendarme Outside Café Metropole (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

First Gendarme on Train (uncredited)

Charles De Ravenne

Page Boy (uncredited)

Mario Dominici

Player (uncredited)

Octavio Giraud

Porter (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Herbert

Player (uncredited)

Ramsay Hill

Gambler (uncredited)

Armand Kaliz

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Jacques Lory

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Jean Masset

Player (uncredited)

Frank McLure

Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Mercier

Coatroom Attendant (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Gambler (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

Page Boy (uncredited)

Manuel París

Gambler (uncredited)

Jean Perry

Second Gendarme on Train (uncredited)

John S. Peters

Gambler (uncredited)

Albert Pollet

Waiter (uncredited)

Jules Raucourt

Waiter (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

Flower Clerk (uncredited)

Leonid Snegoff

Porter (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

First Cashier (uncredited)

Frederick Vogeding

Michael (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Edward H. Griffith

Original Story

Gregory Ratoff

Screenplay

Jacques Deval

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 20, 2022

Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this rather daft tale of an American stuck in Paris where he owes quite a lot of money to a nightclub owner he has bounced a cheque upon. His only way out, is to schmooze wealthy American heiress "Laura" (Loretta Young) - and he only has ten days to achieve anything. His plan is not without it's flaws - he is to pretend to be the Russian "Prince Alexis" and hope that her wealthy father will bail him out. Snag is, the real Prince shows up and he starts to fall for the woman, for real! There is quite a fun role for Adolphe Menjou ("Lobard"), the dodgy owner of the club, and there is some genuine chemistry between the leading characters that makes this quite an enjoyable little comedy romance. The script is a bit predictable, as are many of the scenarios, and the ending is never really in doubt - but it's still quite a good, short, little film that is sympathetically photographed leaving us in no doubt why both were stars.