Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart.

Playboy Captain Danilo is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia to court and marry Madame Sonia, a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom.

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Andre Sennwald wrote:It is a good show in the excellent Lubitsch manner, heady as the foam on champagne, fragile as mist and as delicately gay as a good-natured censor will permit.

Although some of the ensemble numbers, particularly the embassy ball, are breathtaking, Herr Lubitsch is not the man to crush you under a mountain of spectacle.

Miss MacDonald is similarly fortunate in the twin possessions of a captivating personality and a lyric voice.