The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937 film)

The Emperor's Candlesticks
Theatrical Film Poster
Directed byGeo. Fitzmaurice
Screenplay byMonckton Hoffe
and Harold Goldman
Based onThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1899 novel
by Baroness Orczy
Produced byJohn W. Considine Jr.
StarringWilliam Powell
Luise Rainer
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Oliver T. Marsh (uncredited)
Edited byConrad A. Nervig
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company
Release date
  • July 2, 1937 (1937-07-02) (U.S.)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$620,000
Box office$1,333,000

The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 historical drama film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer and directed by George Fitzmaurice. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The story follows the adventures of spies from opposing sides who fall in love while following the eponymous candlesticks—and the papers hidden inside them—all over turn-of-the-20th-century Europe.