''The Count of Luxembourg'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by

Arthur Gregor Arthur Gregor (1890–1948) was an Austrian-born American playwright and film director.Goble p.192 Selected filmography * ''The Count of Luxembourg (1926 film), The Count of Luxembourg'' (1926) * ''Say It with Diamonds (1927 film), Say It with D ...

and starring

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, and Michael Dark. It is based on the plot of Franz Lehar's operetta, ''

The Count of Luxembourg ''The Count of Luxembourg'' is an operetta in two acts with English lyrics and libretto by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross, music by Franz Lehár, based on Lehár's three-act German operetta ''Der Graf von Luxemburg'' which had premiered in Vienna in ...

''.Goble p. 279

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Duke Rutzinoff, who cannot marry Angele Didier, the woman he loves, because she has no title, arranges for a count to marry her to give her a title, and to divorce her immediately afterward. To this offer Count Rene Duval agrees in order to obtain money for a friend. The newlyweds happen to meet after the ceremony without knowing they are married, and fall in love. The Duke denounces them for breaking the agreement, and a duel follows. The woman, learning that the Count is not a fortune hunter, but has married her for the sake of a friend, is conciliated.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Arthur Gregor American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films based on operettas American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub