Princess Charming (film)
Princess Charming | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | Lauri Wylie Arthur Wimperis L. du Garde Peach Robert Edmunds |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Evelyn Laye Henry Wilcoxon Yvonne Arnaud George Grossmith |
Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Edited by | Derek N. Twist |
Music by | Leighton Lucas Louis Levy |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date | 25 April 1934 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Princess Charming, also known as Alexandra, is a 1934 British musical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Evelyn Laye, Henry Wilcoxon and Yvonne Arnaud. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.[1] The film's sets were designed by Ernö Metzner. It is part of the operetta film genre that was popular during the era.
Plot
A Ruritanian princess is betrothed to the king of a neighbouring country, but falls in love with the army officer sent to escort her there. Meanwhile, a revolution breaks out.
Cast
- Evelyn Laye as Princess Elaine
- Henry Wilcoxon as Captain André Launa
- Yvonne Arnaud as Countess Annette
- George Grossmith as King Christian of Aufland
- Max Miller as Walter Chuff aka Sam
- Ivor McLaren as Ernest
- Finlay Currie as Baron Seegman
- Ivor Barnard as Ivanoff
- Francis L. Sullivan as Alakiev
- Dino Galvani as Louis
- Gordon Begg as Sir John
- Eliot Makeham as The real Walter Chuff
- Cecil Parker as Mr. Thompson
- Percy Parsons as Royalist
- D.J. Williams as Philip
- Toni Edgar-Bruce
- Neal Arden
References
- ^ Wood p.79
Bibliography
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Categories:
- 1934 films
- 1934 musical comedy films
- British films
- British black-and-white films
- British musical comedy films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- Films produced by Michael Balcon
- Films set in Europe
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Islington Studios films
- Operetta films
- 1934 comedy films
- 1930s British film stubs
- Musical comedy film stubs