The Only Girl (film)

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The Only Girl
The Only Girl.jpg
Directed by Friedrich Hollaender
Written by
Produced by Erich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by
Music by Franz Waxman
Production
companies
Distributed by Fox Film
Release date
  • May 1933 (1933-05)
Running time
89 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Language English

The Only Girl is a 1933 British-German musical film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Charles Boyer, and Mady Christians. It is the English-language version of The Empress and I which also starred Harvey and Christians. It was the last in a series of MLV co-productions between UFA and Gainsborough Pictures. [1] It was released in the United States in 1934 by Fox Film.

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