Champagne Waltz 1937 - 87 Min. - Directed by A. Edward Sutherland

Written by Don Hartman and Frank Butler, from a story by Billy Wilder and H. S. Kraft.  Starred Jack Oakie, Fritz Leiber, Fred MacMurray.  This light musical documents the rivalry between a Vienna Waltz studio and an American Jazz band next to each other.  In Vienna, "Franz Strauss" (Leiber) stews because his waltz palace is losing business to Oakie's jazz club next door.  The headliner is Buzzy Bellew (Fred MacMurray) playing the trumpet.  While in search of chewing gum, he pretends to be the United States consul in order to romance Strauss's daughter the Opera star Elsa Strauss played by Gladys Swarthout.  Later he changes the story to an icebox salesman.  At the same time Oakie is falling for a countess who's sold him a fake silver service.  Then things gets complicated! Vintage screwball and music from the story co-authored by Billy Wilder. The mediocre music did nothing to assist Swarthout in this role. SONGS Blue Danube Waltz Could I Be In Love? When Is A Kiss Not A Kiss? Paradise In Waltz Time