It's in the air...

The revue Es liegt in der Luft (It’s in the air) by Marcelus Schiffer and Micha Spoliansky had its first representation in 1928. In the three main roles, Margo Lion (Schiffer's wife), Marlene Dietrich (no so famous yet) and Oskar Karlweis. Karlweis was an Austrian actor who often played in light comedies and operettas. In Berlin, he played one of the three suitors of Lilian Harvey in Die drei von der Tankstelle, a highly successful film, remade in Hollywood in the 50's.

In the film we can also see the German ensemble Comedian Harmonists, a musical band very in vogue.

The best-known number of Es liegt in der Luft was undoubtedly Wenn die beste Freundin (If the best girlfriend with the best girlfriend), a song whose theme could be understood as ambiguous from the point of view of relations between the sexes. It even became a kind of lesbian anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WMKZVp_C8

The text of the song:

Wenn die beste Freundin

Mit der besten Freundin

Um was einzukaufen,

Um was einzukaufen,

Um sich auszulaufen,

Durch die Straßen latschen,

Um sich auszuquatschen,

When the best girlfriend

With the best girlfriend

Go do some shopping,

Go do some shopping,

To get some exercise,

Wander through the streets,

Blabbing about everything,

Says the best girlfriend

To the best girlfriend:

My best, my best girlfriend!

And then a trio, where the husband joins both "girlfriends":

Girl 1: You cheated on me with her.

Husband: Because you cheated on me with her.

Girl 2: And you cheated on me with him

Girl 1: Because you cheated on me with him

Husband: What's this for intricate family relations! Don't we want to get along?