Lilian Harveys pent years with a two-man acrobatic act that gradually failed. Now she wants to go to Hollywood to be a big star, but she can't get in to see the American consul. She falls in with poor window washers Willy Fritsch and Willi Forst, who take her to their meadow, where they all live in separate abandoned rail cars. With older Paul Hörbiger. But the two younger men, who are best of friends, are in love with her, and she makes another effort to go to Hollywood to save their friendship.
This is one of those French-German-English co-productions, with Miss Harvey taking the same role in each of them, but with the rest of the cast replaced. Willy and Willi do a lot of Laurel-and-Hardy style gags, and there are three songs, including a very sentimental one by Miss Harvey, who looks 15 years old here. It's sweet and funny, and this style of show has gone way out of favor. It's one of the virtues of movies, that they can preserve sorts of entertainment to show what people once loved. Billy Wilder was one of the writers, and while there are sparks of cynicism, it's a far cry from what he would eventually do.
This is one of those French-German-English co-productions, with Miss Harvey taking the same role in each of them, but with the rest of the cast replaced. Willy and Willi do a lot of Laurel-and-Hardy style gags, and there are three songs, including a very sentimental one by Miss Harvey, who looks 15 years old here. It's sweet and funny, and this style of show has gone way out of favor. It's one of the virtues of movies, that they can preserve sorts of entertainment to show what people once loved. Billy Wilder was one of the writers, and while there are sparks of cynicism, it's a far cry from what he would eventually do.