Royal Wedding (1951) | |
| Director(s) | Stanley Donen |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Brother Sister, Dance, Public Domain, Romance (Comic) |
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Royal Wedding (1951) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Stanley Donen and produced by Arthur Freed.
Academy Awards 1951 --- Ceremony Number 24 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner | Nominated |
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What?s Streaming in April on the CMH Channel at Best Classics Ever? Royal Wedding, Oliver Twist, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
By Annmarie Gatti on Apr 2, 2021 From Classic Movie Hub BlogOur April Picks on the Classic Movie Hub ChannelApril Birthdays and Springtime Fun! Here we go? This month’s free streaming picks?for our?Classic Movie Hub Channel?at?Best Classics Ever (BCE)?? the mega streaming channel for classic movies and TV shows! That said, here are some of our Ap... Read full article
Musical Monday: Royal Wedding (1951)
on Jun 10, 2019 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Royal Wedding ? Musical #55 ... Read full article
Royal Wedding (1951)
By Amanda Garrett on May 20, 2018 From Old Hollywood FilmsJane Powell and Fred Astaire in a publicity still for Royal Wedding (1951). This article is part of The MGM Musical Magic Blogathon hosted by Hometowns to Hollywood. If you can't enough of the nuptials of the United Kingdom's Prince Harry and American actor Meghan Markle, why not celebrate the... Read full article
Royal Wedding (1951)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 5, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsThe Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip was a once in a lifetime experience. They’re still together to this day and yet when they got married she was not even queen yet. It’s hard to believe. It’s only fitting that a momentous occasion ?like that would get a film, and Sta... Read full article
Royal Wedding (1951)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 5, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsThe Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip was a once in a lifetime experience. They’re still together to this day and yet when they got married she was not even queen yet. It’s hard to believe. It’s only fitting that a momentous occasion like that would get a film, and Stan... Read full article
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Quotes from Royal Wedding
Tom Bowen: I never had no mother. We was too poor.
Chester: Marriages are very healthy, sir. You see, married men live much longer than bachelors.
Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
Irving Klinger: This is a pretty box of pickles!
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Facts about Royal Wedding
The idea of dancing with a clothes tree had been suggested to Astaire earlier by Hermes Pan.
In an interview given shortly after the film was released, Fred Astaire revealed that he had tried dancing with more than thirty commercially available hat racks before the studio had the prop department design and build the one in the film at a final cost of over $900 (about $4000 in 2011 dollars). The hat rack disappeared shortly after the film wrapped.
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