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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Charles Vidor
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.5
APPROVED
Year:
1956
104 min
379 Views


Doesn't take after

his mother at all.

And he's been all over Europe,

looked at every Princess

and turned down

every one of them,

and now he's coming here to you.

I expect he can't bear

the site of another

Princess by now.

Alexandra, this is

the most important moment

you'll ever have to face.

My dear, you're not

going to be nervous?

No, mother.

I hope not.

Hoping's not enough.

You must tell yourself

not to be.

Oh, my dear child.

This is the one thing,

the one opportunity

that all your life

I've been praying for--

for you to become a queen.

Yes, mother.

I know that.

You must prove to Albert

in these 4 days

that you have

all the qualities he's

looking for in a wife,

a wife who'll share

his throne one day.

You must be gracious

and dignified,

warm and charming and amusing.

Oh, I know he's seen

a great deal more

of life than you,

but you can make that

an advantage, too.

Let him see how sweet

and unspoiled you are,

and, darling, you must

try your hardest

not to be shy.

Men don't like it,

especially a man

like Albert.

After all, that's one

of the first duties

of a queen.

She always

puts other people

at their ease.

You remember

my telling you that?

Yes, mother, I remember it.

Albert's the law

unto himself, they say,

but don't let that frighten you.

Look on it as a challenge,

and never forget

that first impressions

are everything.

Of course, you must be

natural, too. That's more

important than anything,

but above all, don't be nervous.

No. I--I... No.

I know, mother.

You do?

You sure you do,

all these things?

Yes, of course I do,

but if you keep

telling me,

it's just going

to make me more...

It's time for

my fencing lesson now.

May I go?

Don't worry, mother.

Your highness.

You're late this morning.

Forgive me, your highness.

To speak the truth,

I supposed

your highness would be

too busy this morning.

Busy?

With the visit

of his royal highness.

I thought

there would be no more

fencing lessons...

For the next few days,

at all events.

What--what I meant,

your highness--

should the lessons

be discontinued

at any time,

you will be notified.

Yes, your highness.

En garde.

En quarte.

Allongez Le bras.

Defendez-vous.

Coup droit.

Battement droit.

Marchez, marchez.

Rompez, rompez, defendez-vous.

It's too low.

It should be here.

Point. Left foot flat.

Regardez ainsi.

In retreat.

Parry prime,

seconde, tierce, quarte, quinte,

sixte, septime, octave.

Good. En garde en sixte.

Un, deux, trois.

Doublez.

Doublez.

Good.

Triplez.

Much too low.

Once more.

Fine. En quarte.

En marchant.

Battement dans

la ligne opposee.

Coup droit, parry, riposte. Up.

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Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár (born Ferenc Neumann, 12 January 1878 – 1 April 1952, anglicized as Franz Molnar) was a Hungarian-born author, stage-director, dramatist, and poet, widely regarded as Hungary’s most celebrated and controversial playwrights. His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. He was never connected to any one literary movement but he did utilize the precepts of Naturalism, Neo-Romanticism, Expressionism, and the Freudian psychoanalytical concepts, but only as long as they suited his desires. “By fusing the realistic narrative and stage tradition of Hungary with Western influences into a cosmopolitan amalgam, Molnár emerged as a versatile artist whose style was uniquely his own.” As a novelist, Molnár may best be remembered for The Paul Street Boys, the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. It has been translated into fourteen languages and adapted for the stage and film. It has been considered a masterpiece by many. It was, however, as a playwright that he made his greatest contribution and how he is best known internationally. "In his graceful, whimsical, sophisticated drawing-room comedies, he provided a felicitous synthesis of Naturalism and fantasy, Realism and Romanticism, cynicism and sentimentality, the profane and the sublime." Out of his many plays, The Devil, Liliom, The Swan, The Guardsman and The Play's the Thing endure as classics. He was influenced by the likes of Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Gerhart Hauptmann. He immigrated to the United States to escape persecution of Hungarian Jews during World War II and later adopted American citizenship. Molnár’s plays continue to be relevant and are performed all over the world. His national and international fame has inspired many Hungarian playwrights to include Elemér Boross, László Fodor, Lajos Biró, László Bús-Fekete, Ernö Vajda, Attila Orbók, and Imre Földes, among others. more…

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