In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid. She invites him to be her escort, not realizing that he believes he has fallen in love with her. Every nice thing the princess does encourages him to believe that she feels the same way he does.
Acting
Hedy Lamarr's deadpan princess playing against Robert Walker's puppy-dog earnestness.
Costume
Lamarr's gowns vs. her maid disguise—Hollywood magic in full effect.
Director
Richard Thorpe
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
Ben Lessy
Edward Gargan
1st Cop
John George
News Vendor (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hedy Lamarr was co-inventing spread-spectrum technology during her MGM contract; she reportedly found this fluff beneath her.
The fictional kingdom of 'Albany' lets 1945 audiences mock European royalty while still craving princess fantasies—have your cake and demean it too.
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