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Release Date:
22 May 1936 (USA) more
Plot:
A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship. full summary | add synopsis
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Lombard and MacMurray make a great team more (6 total)

Cast

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Carole Lombard ... Wanda Nash aka Princess Olga

Fred MacMurray ... King Mantell
Douglass Dumbrille ... Inspector Lorel
Alison Skipworth ... Lady Gertrude Allwyn
George Barbier ... Captain Nicholls
William Frawley ... Benton
Porter Hall ... Robert M. Darcy
Lumsden Hare ... Inspector Cragg
Sig Ruman ... Inspector Steindorf (as Sig Rumann)
Mischa Auer ... Inspector Morevitch
Bradley Page ... The Stranger
Tetsu Komai ... Inspector Kawati
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Additional Details

Runtime:
76 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #2130) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

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George Raft initially was cast as Carole Lombard's co-star, but he walked off the set at the start of production. He objected to Ted Tetzlaff as the cinematographer. more
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Lady Gertrude Allwyn: The story is from a novel entitled Lavender and Old Lace, but the name of the cinema has been changed to... um... She Done Him Plenty. more
Soundtrack:
Paris in the Spring more

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Lombard and MacMurray make a great team, 20 April 2000
Author: John Braun (kartrabo) from Newbury Park, CA, United States

Combining the elements of a great screwball comedy with a murder mystery,Paramount again cast the great team of Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.Carole a down-on-her-luck publicity hungry actress enlists the aid of wise-cracking hefty Alison Skipworth and together they sail aboard a luxury liner en route to America.Lombard pretending to a Swedish princess befriends Fred MacMurray and pal William Frawley and all four form an uneasy alliance.Matters become complicated when Carole is suspected of murdering a blackmailer who knew her in Brooklyn.A pack of zany international detectives attempt to solve the crime in their bumbling fashion while MacMurray tries to find the murderer before he strikes again. This fine little comedy is ably directed William K. Howard with a wonderful supporting cast led by George Barbier(ship captain) suspects Porter Hall,Douglas Dumbrille,and egocentric detectives Sig Rumann,Mischa Auer,and Tetsu Komai.Surefire fun.

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