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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 .

  3. There's another spy in pursuit of the candlesticks, and for a different reason: Luise Rainer. She and Bill don't know each other are spies, so there's quite a bit of tension as they try to get around each other while fighting for their own countries.

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    • Drama, History, Romance
    • George Fitzmaurice
    • 1937-07-02
  4. Mar 30, 2019 · Rainer puts her documents in the other candlestick; they’re distinguished by some slight damage. So there’s already the trouble—for Powell—of catching up to Rainer and getting at the candlesticks.

  5. Rainer plays a Russian Countess and member of its secret police, commissioned to reach the Tsar before Powell does, and then to expose him as a spy and take him as collateral for the detained duke—whom she does not realize is himself a tit-for-tat hostage, apprehended in an effort to recover yet another Pole whom the Russians have incarcerated.

  6. Jan 16, 2023 · Theme music by Doug Astley. Agents Scott and Cam get themselves kidnapped at a masquerade party while tackling the 1937 William Powell and Luise Rainer spy caper The Emperor's Candlesticks. Directed by George Fitzmaurice.

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  8. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agreed to convey some hollow candlesticks from the Emperor to the Princess Marionoff in St Petersburg, two spies both see the possibility of using them to convey messages safely into Russia.