The Emperor Waltz
“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.
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Emperor Waltz performed
Budget
$3.8M
Worldwide Gross
$8.0M
Gross Profit
$4.2M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Romance) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Virgil Smith
Bing Crosby
Virgil Smith
Johanna Augusta Franziska
Joan Fontaine
Johanna Augusta Franziska
Baron Holenia
Roland Culver
Baron Holenia
Princesse Bitotska
Lucile Watson
Princesse Bitotska
l'empereur François-Joseph
Richard Haydn
l'empereur François-Joseph
Chamberlain
Harold Vermilyea
Chamberlain
Dr. Zwieback
Sig Ruman
Dr. Zwieback
Archduchess Stephanie
Julia Dean
Archduchess Stephanie
Chauffeur
Bert Prival
Chauffeur
Inn Proprietress
Alma Macrorie
Inn Proprietress
Chambermaid
Roberta Jonay
Chambermaid
John Goldsworthy
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