The Love Waltz

Originally Liebeswalzer this German operetta was the third talkie vehicle for the effervescent Lillian Harvey The plot is a typical Graustarkian affair with Princess Eva Harvey preparing to marry a duke whom shes never met Getting cold feet the duke ducks the wedding persuading a handsome young commoner named Bobby Willy Fritsch to take his place The wedding goes on as planned with Eva never suspecting that her new hubby is a ringer Eventually the false duke confesses everything leading to all sorts of intrigue before a happy ending can be realized Love Waltz was simultaneously filmed in an Englishlanguage version which posed no problem for the Britishborn Harvey but caused a few uncomfortable moments for her Teutonic costars eventually Willy Fritsch was replaced by John Batton whod played a bit role in the German version