The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

Director: William K. Howard, William Howard Cast: Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
, Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
, Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
William K. Howard
The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

Director: William K. Howard, William Howard Cast: Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
, Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
, Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
William K. Howard

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Overview

The 1936 comedy-mystery The Princess Comes Across might well have been inspired by a real-life incident during the silent-movie era, in which a crafty San Francisco stenographer hoodwinked the Hollywood elite into believing that she was a Spanish princess. Carole Lombard stars as an alluring Swedish beauty who travels under the name of Princess Olga. Everyone whom she meets en route to America on the steamship Mammoth bows and scrapes to the Princess, while Hollywood anxiously awaits her arrival to star her in a big-budget film. Only the ship's bandleader, King Mantell (Fred MacMurray), refuses to defer to Olga, sensing that she may not be all she claims. Mantell's instincts are right on target: the "Princess" is a brass-nickel phony, a Brooklyn girl named Wanda Nash who has cooked up her royal guise with drama coach Gertrude (Alison Skipworth) as a publicity stunt to crash into movies. Unfortunately, a weaselly blackmailer Darcy (Porter Hall) gloms onto Wanda's true identity and offers to keep quiet in exchange for a huge cash settlment. At the same time, Darcy is attempting to shake down several other passengers on the Mammoth, including King Mantell. Inevitably, Darcy is found murdered in the "Princess"'s stateroom, and Wanda finds herself one of several likely suspects, among them Mantell. A quintet of international detectives, travelling to a convention in America, sets out to solve the mystery, which becomes even more mysterious when one of the detectives also turns up dead. Taking matters in his own hands, Mantell vows to clear Wanda's name, and in the course of things he realizes that he's madly in love with her--but will Wanda give up her hoax, and her future showbiz career, for Mantell's sake? Among the many highlights in this engagingly daffy film is Fred MacMurray's rendition of the enchantingly forgettable song ""My Concertina.""

Product Details

Release Date: 10/07/2014
UPC: 0025192180804
Original Release: 1936
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Language: English
Time: 1:17:00
Sales rank: 52,094

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Carole Lombard Princess Olga (Wanda Nash)
Fred MacMurray King Mantell
Douglass Dumbrille Lorel,Lorel
Alison Skipworth Lady Gertrude Allwyn
William Frawley Benton
Porter Hall Darcy
George Barbier Capt. Nicholls
Lumsden Hare Inspector Cragg
Sig Rumann Steindorf
Mischa Auer Morevitch
Tetsu Komai Kawati
Bradley Page The Stranger
George Sorel Reporter
Jacques Vanaire Reporter
Keith Daniels Reporter
Jack Raymond Reporter
Eddie Dunn Reporter
Jack Hatfield Reporter
Gaston Glass Photographer
Nanette Lafayette French Couple
Andre Cheron French Couple
Gladden James Ship's Official
Charles Fallon French Baggage Official
Jean De Briac French Baggage Official
Phil Tead Jones, the American Newsreel Man
David Clyde Assistant Purser
Milburn Stone American Reporter
Bennie Bartlett Ship's Bellhop
Dick Elliott Ship's Surgeon
Creighton Hale Officer
George Chandler Film Man
Virginia Cabell Woman
Monya Andre Woman
Bess Stafford Woman
Isabelle La Mal Gossip
Eva Dennison Gossip
Tom Herbert Cabin Steward
Larry Steers Assistant Purser
Pat Flaherty Officer
Paul Kruger Assistant Purser
Harry Hayden Master of Ceremonies at Ship Variety Show
Edward Keane Chief Purser
Phil Boutelje Composer
Jack Scholl Composer

Technical Credits
Farciot Edouart Special Effects
Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
William K. Howard Director,Director
Dewey Wrigley Special Effects
Don Hartman Screenwriter
Francis Martin Screenwriter
Frank Butler Screenwriter
Walter de Leon Screenwriter
Harold Lewis Sound/Sound Designer
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