My Lips Betray

My Lips Betray is a 1933 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Lilian Harvey, John Boles and El Brendel.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph C. Wright.

My Lips Betray
Directed by	John G. Blystone
Written by	Attila Orbók (play) Jacques Natanson (play) Jane Storm S.N. Behrman Hanns Kräly
Starring	Lilian Harvey John Boles El Brendel
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 4, 1933 (1933-11-04)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

In a fictional, Central European kingdom, a vivacious but dimwitted young lady works as a singer in a beer garden for her lease cash. In the meantime, the ruler is confronting bankruptcy for his small country, unless he weds a wealthy, but undesirable ruler of another Central European territory. Eventually he takes in the struggling young singer, and they fall in love, despite possible bankruptcy and ruin.

Cast

• Lilian Harvey as Lili Wieler
• John Boles as King Rupert aka Captain von Linden
• El Brendel as Oswald Stigmat, Chauffeur
• Irene Browne as Queen Mother Therese
• Maude Eburne as Mamma Watscheck
• Henry Stephenson as De Conti
• Herman Bing as Weininger
• Frank Atkinson as Baptiste, Royal Valet
• Robert Barrat as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• Tyler Brooke as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• Albert Conti as Auto Salesman (uncredited)
• Wild Bill Elliott as Auto Showroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Dressmaker (uncredited)
• Vera Lewis as Gossipy Woman in Curlers (uncredited)
• Bull Montana as Hamlet (uncredited)
• Paul Panzer as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)
• Dewey Robinson as Joseph Stein, Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
• Dorothy Vernon as Beer Garden Patron (uncredited)

Preservation

A restored version was shown at the 2019 UCLA Festival of Preservation.