My intuiton says Claudette Colbert. If I am correct having never seen one of her movies, I'd be happy and not research the title--that's not Gable so its not It Happened One Night, your clue on politics, after perusal of IMDB would indiate Phantom President , but nah, and tghat actor is handsome, so im gonna go with Under Two Flags.
Now, the reason I am even in this story is I saw in yiur bio blurb that you like the same types of movies as me, thiough clearly aware of many more titles, and I wanted to share this little ditty of mine with you:
https://medium.com/the-brain-is-a-noodle/rom-coms-of-a-bygone-era-429a7458cd6