Gaston de Méville has written a libel against Madame de Pompadour and her Royal Lover, King Louis XV. But the Marchioness is all the less mad at Garston as she has fallen for him and she does all she can to save him from the punishment he normally deserves.
Skip this one if you hate crackly old black-and-white films where everyone sings their lines like they are trying to wake up the neighbors. But if you have a soft spot for weird early 1930s French comedies, Un caprice de la Pompadour is a neat little time machine. It is definitely not for anyone who needs actual tensi...
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"Skip this one if you hate crackly old black-and-white films where everyone sings their lines like they are trying to wake up the neighbors. But if you have a soft spot for weird early 1930s French comedies, Un caprice de la Pompadour is a neat little time machine. It is definitely not for anyone who needs actual tension or, you know, believable romance. The Loudest Operetta in France The whole plot kicks off because this guy Gaston writes a nasty poem about Madame de Pompadour and King Louis ..."
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