Release, runtime and language

1940 · 89 mins · English

Directed by

Henry Koster

Starring

Henry Stephenson, Walter Catlett, Paul Hurst, Reginald Denny, Aubrey Mather, S.Z. Sakall

Ilonka, a Hungarian visitor at a Viennese fair, buys a gypsy’s card predicting a meeting and a happy marriage. She works as a baker’s assistant and meets an army drummer who dreams of composing, though his superiors forbid his music. Ilonka sends one of his waltzes to the Austrian emperor with a pastry order, fulfilling the prophecy, sparking romance.