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Title: Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
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| Complete credited 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 | |
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Tom Trout | ... | Hack |
| Ben Lessy | ... | Ben Lessy | |
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Patti Moore | ... | Fae |
| Edward Gargan | ... | 1st Cop | |
A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
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.