Complete credited cast: | |||
Grace Kelly | ... | Princess Alexandra | |
Alec Guinness | ... | Prince Albert | |
Louis Jourdan | ... | Dr. Nicholas Agi | |
Agnes Moorehead | ... | Queen Maria Dominika | |
Jessie Royce Landis | ... | Princess Beatrix | |
Brian Aherne | ... | Father Carl Hyacinth | |
Leo G. Carroll | ... | Caesar | |
Estelle Winwood | ... | Symphorosa | |
Van Dyke Parks | ... | George | |
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Christopher Cook | ... | Arsene |
Robert Coote | ... | Capt. Wunderlich | |
Doris Lloyd | ... | Countess Sibenstoyn | |
Edith Barrett | ... | Elsa - Beatrix's Maid |
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
I read a review proclaiming Grace Kelly was a young girl from Wisconsin, who made a hit in Hollywood, and became a real life princess. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native met her Prince at a photo match arranged by Paris Match in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She later transcended the realm of film and married the reigning prince of one of Europe's oldest principalities. Grace Kelly, later HSH Princess Grace of Monaco was as lovely as she was talented. She totally restructured Hollywood, giving it an old world elegance. This is the same charming appeal she brought to the film, "The Swan." She plays Princess Alexandra who finds herself torn between obeying her overpowering mother and marrying her cousin, Prince Albert, or following the dictates of her own heart. The battle for her heart is waged by two dashing gentlemen, the prince, Alec Guinness, and the poor but respectable tutor, Louis Jourdan. It is a movie that is entertaining and for those with a romantic disposition!