Review of Eva, the Factory Girl

The original Franz Lehar operetta opened November 24 1911.It was about a glass factory, owned by a man, who's having financial trouble with it .So he sends his nephew George to see if he can make it profitable.He shows up when the factory workers and her step father ,Holzer, is giving Eva a birthday party, on her 20th birthday. She receives a dowry , so when she gets married. George starts to fall in love with her when she shows him the works.While co worker Stephan feels he has to defend her honor. Well the movie changes things.Johannes Riehman, director, has almost all the songs eliminated . The few he keeps is sung in real time and background music. One of the songs they keep I had heard a semblance background music in 'Grand hotel', 1932. The factory owner is a women ,played by Adele Sandrock . The factory is now a porcelain factory,obviously, cause it would of been too dangerous to teach the actors how to blow and mold glass.. You have a cabaret singer, Olly , played by Mimi Sharp, who sings most of the remained songs. The pace is a little slow,in the beginning ,but it pick up later.Although the print is sharp and has not shrunk,it has some scratches that could of been eliminated.On the DVD menu it explains when the production began ,summer of 1935,and by august the ministry of propaganda approves of it .It shows the paper. Victor Staal and a very young Paul Hienrich , as Fritz before he left for the united states, makes an appearance. Frank Schafheitland plays Stephan who is now in love with Eva Heinz Ruhmann plays Willibald the porcelain salesman,who's also has a romantic interest in her.In this move all the main stars are giving a chance to show their talent off without upstaging each other.In the night club scene , Mimi Sharp shows her talent as a singer and dancer. When Eva is given an invitation to George's party , by his chauffeur, her step dad, played by Ferdinan Mayerhofer,forbids her but later changes his mind.When frank finds out she's gone to George's party ,he goes out to rescue her form death.Once he shows up George states that he's engaged to her. This happens after everyone in the factory finds out who he is . There is a funny scene where Heinz Ruhmann is accused by the security guard,played by Frtiz Imenhoff of stealing some porcelain as he waiting for eve to show up after work so he can give her flowers. He ends up in prison half the weekend. This is a good romantic comedy As an operetta Franz Lehars ,"Merry Widow ," is better . But as a film it's good