The Princess Comes Across

William K. Howard

Hoping to land a movie contract, Carole Lombard pretends to be a Swedish princess while crossing the Atlantic on boat full of unsavories. With Fred MacMurray.

DIRECTOR
William K. Howard
YEAR
1936
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
76 minutes
LANGUAGE
English

Seamlessly blending mistaken-identity romance with high-seas whodunit, this charming caper from William K. Howard has it all. Hoping to land a movie contract, Brooklyn girl Wanda Nash (the ever-game Carole Lombard) dons her best Garbo accent and pretends to be Swedish Princess Olga while crossing the Atlantic. Unbeknownst to her, she’s picked a boat full of blackmailers, thieves and con men—not to mention Fred MacMurray as the cool concertina-playing bandleader King Mantell.

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