Baroness Orczy, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel, came up with the story upon which The Emperor’s Candlesticks was based. As in Pimpernel, the theme is international intrigue, but this time the setting is pre-World War One Europe and Russia rather than Revolutionary France. William Powell and Luise Rainer are spies working for opposing empires (Russian and Austrian) who travel undetected amidst the Nobility while plotting their plots. As they waltz about various ballrooms dressed to the nines, they fall in love–resulting in wavering loyalties for both. Emperor’s Candlesticks is stronger on decor than on plot, with the talented Luise Rainer once more ill-used by Hollywood.
William Powell - Baron Stephan Wolensky
Luise Rainer - Countess Olga Mironova
Robert Young - Grand Duke Peter
Maureen O’Sullivan - Maria
Frank Morgan - Col. Baron Suroff
Henry Stephenson - Prince Johann
Bernadene Hayes - Mitzi
Donald Kirke - Antone
Douglas Dumbrille - Korum
Barnett Parker - Albert
Frank Reicher - Pavloff
Bert Roach - Porter
Paul Porcasi - Santuzzi
E.E. Clive - Auctioneer
Emma Dunn - Housekeeper
Frank Conroy - Col. Radoff
Erville Alderson - Conductor
Mariska Aldrich - Ugly Woman
King Baggot - Customs Official
Agostino Borgato
Egon Brecher - Chief of Police
Leonard Carey - Valet to Walensky
Spencer Charters - Usher
Davison Clark
Harvey Clark - Conductor
George Davis - Waiter
Vernon P. Downing
Maude Turner Gordon - Concierge
Ramsay Hill
Olaf Hytten - Conspirator
Carole Landis - Bit Part
Mitchell Lewis - Plainclothesman
Rollo Lloyd - Jailer
Torben Meyer - Train Announcer
Bruce Mitchell
Lionel Pape - Sugar Daddy
John Picorri - Italian Ambassador
Russell Powell - Coachman
Clarice Sherry - Blonde
William Stack - Czar
Cyril Thornton
Roland Varno - Czar’s Officer
Theodore Von Eltz - Adjutant
Clarence H. Wilson - Stationmaster
Ian Wolfe - Leon
Duration : 0:2:28
