DramaRomance

The Gay Diplomat

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Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.

Release Date : 1931-08-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Countess Dorchy

Original Name : Genevieve Tobin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Baroness Corri

Original Name : Betty Compson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Captain Orloff

Original Name : Ivan Lebedeff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Blinis

Original Name : Ilka Chase

Gender : Female

Character Name : Colonel George Gorin

Original Name : Purnell Pratt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gamble

Original Name : Colin Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suave Man

Original Name : Arthur Edmund Carewe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ambassador

Original Name : Edward Martindel

Gender : Male

Character Name : General

Original Name : John St. Polis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wife

Original Name : Judith Vosselli

Gender : Female

Character Name : Colonel

Original Name : George Irving

Gender : Male

Character Name : Natalie

Original Name : Rita La Roy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ball Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

There were a spate of these Russian Imperial espionage dramas made, and this one is probably the weakest I have seen. The adventure, if that is what it is, centres around the suave and debonaire "Capt. Orloff" (Ivan Lebedeff) who is sent to Bucharest to identify a glamorous spy. Once he gets there, though, he is presented with a plethora of beauties from which to choose - and it becomes distinctly possible that his is the loyalty that will be compromised! Any acting plaudits belong to Genevieve Tobin and Betty Compson, with the odd comedic interlude at the hands (or mouth) of Ilka Chase as "Madama Blinis". Lebedeff is terrible - no other word for it. He has a certain charm that might well have worked for him in silent cinema, but his performance here is wooden, his accent straight out of a school pantomime and only the daftest woman on the planet would ever fall for his rather linear allure - so any sense of intrigue falls pretty flat from early on too. Give it a miss...