Emperor Waltz.

Duration: 1 reel

Genre: musical comedy

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Billy Wilder

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine

Description: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melchar, plays the "Emperor Waltz" by Johann Strauss.

At the turn of the twentieth century, traveling salesman Virgil Smith (Bing Crosby) takes multiple journeys to Vienna, Austria hoping to sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph. At the same time, Johanna Augusta Franziska von Stoltzenberg-Stolzenberg (Joan Fontaine) and her father, Baron Holenia, are celebrating the fact their black poodle Scheherezade has been selected to mate with the emperor's poodle. When the dogs are reunited, romantic sparks begin to fly between not only the animals but their owners as well.

Complete Record: EMPEROR WALTZ. Ambassador Films, Inc., c1948. 1 reel, sd., b&w, 16mm. Summary: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melchar, plays the "Emperor Waltz" by Johann Strauss. Credits: Producer, Eugen Sharin; director, Leopold Hainisch. © Ambassador Films, Inc.; 1Dec48; MP4482.

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