Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Richard Connell (writer)
Gladys Lehman (writer)

Release Date:

October 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Love Triangle | Hotel | Dream Sequence | Royalty

Cast

Hedy Lamarr	...	Princess Veronica
Robert Walker	...	Jimmy Dobson
June Allyson	...	Leslie Odell
Carl Esmond	...	Baron Zoltan Faludi
Agnes Moorehead	...	Countess Zoe
Rags Ragland	...	Albert Weever
Ludwig Stössel	...	Mr. Puft
George Cleveland	...	Dr. Elfson
Warner Anderson	...	Paul MacMillan
Konstantin Shayne	...	Yanos Van Lankovitz
Tom Trout	...	Hack
Ben Lessy	...	Himself - Ben Lessy
Patty Moore	...	Fae
Edward Gargan	...	1st Cop

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This was Hedy Lamarr's last film she did for MGM under her contract. After this she went on to free lance.

Quotes:

Doorman: Is this the place, monsieur?
Jimmy Dobson: Oui, oui.
Doorman: Will monsieur stay long in zis establishment?
Jimmy Dobson: Capistrano.

Soundtrack:

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

sweet, lovely film

Hedy Lamarr is a princess in love with a commoner - and Robert Walker thinks he's the commoner - in "Her Highness and the Bellboy," a delightful 1945 movie that costars June Allyson and Rags Ragland. Walker is one of Hollywood's most tragic stories - a talented actor whose personal problems led to a year-long institutionalization and later, his sudden death shortly after his brilliant work in "Strangers on a Train." Here, he is energetic, fast-talking, and adorable as Jimmy, a clumsy bellhop assigned to Princess Hedy while she's in New York with her aunt (Agnes Moorhead). Hedy is fantastically beautiful, as always, though her part isn't very showy compared to the others. June Allyson plays an invalid who lives upstairs from Jimmy and his buddy, played by Rags Ragland. She's very young, pretty, and sweet as a lonely young woman whose life is brightened by the constant entertainment of these two men. She's in love with Walker, and when he develops a crush on Lamarr, her heart breaks. Lamarr is in love with a columnist, (a wooden Warner Anderson).

This movie seemed on the long side, but it's very warm and entertaining fare. Six years later, Walker will look as if he's aged 20 years. He's a light that went out too soon, and it's nice to remember him at his most vibrant.