Directed by Marion Gering • 1934 • United States
Starring Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold
Scripted in part by Preston Sturges, this charming romantic farce features a rare and winning comic performance from Sylvia Sidney as the princess of the fictional European kingdom of Taronia, who travels to New York City on a goodwill tour to raise money for her impoverished country. When she falls ill on the way, Nancy Lane (Sidney, again), a struggling lookalike actress, is enlisted to take her place. Can Nancy pull off the royal role of a lifetime while winning over the wealthy newspaper magnate (Cary Grant) who holds the financial key to saving Taronia?
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The Princess Comes Across
Directed by William K. Howard • 1936 • United States
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Midnight
Directed by Mitchell Leisen • 1939 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John BarrymoreArriving at Paris’s Gare de l’Est train station with only her gold lamé gown on her back, penniless American ex-showgirl Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) must use her wiles in order to work h...
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The Flame of New Orleans
Directed by René Clair • 1941 • United States
Starring Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland YoungFrench director René Clair brings a touch of continental élan to this saucy, Production Code–defying romantic comedy, the first of four films he made in Hollywood, with Marlene Dietrich at her coqu...
