Love Time

Love Time

KISSES FORMED HIS WORDS! CARESSES FASHIONED HIS MUSIC!

1934 · 72 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Romance

Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.

Directed by James Tinling · Written by Richard Carroll

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Cast

Pat Paterson Valerie
Nils Asther Franz Schubert
Herbert Mundin Caesar
Harry Green Adam
Henry B. Walthall Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Lucien Littlefield Willie Obenbiegler
Henry Kolker Emperor Francis I
Albert Conti Nicholas
Herman Bing Istvan
Roger Imhof Innkeeper
James Burke Emperor Francis I
Josephine Whittell Mrs. Obenbiegler

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