{"id":30456,"date":"2013-04-01T17:27:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T00:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30456"},"modified":"2021-01-01T12:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T19:53:57","slug":"royal-wedding-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30456","title":{"rendered":"Royal Wedding (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This <em>is<\/em> a pretty box of pickles!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Poster-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Poster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Poster-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Poster.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA successful brother (Fred Astaire) and sister (Jane Powell) dancing team head to London just as a royal wedding is about to take place. Once there, Astaire falls in love with a dancing ingenue (Sarah Churchill), while Powell pursues romance with a lord (Peter Lawford) she met on board the ship.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Astaire Films<\/li>\n<li>Jane Powell Films<\/li>\n<li>Keenan Wynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lawford Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Donen Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis innocuous MGM musical &#8212; loosely inspired by Fred Astaire&#8217;s dancing partnership with his sister Adele, as well as the upcoming real-life <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wedding_of_Princess_Elizabeth_and_Philip_Mountbatten,_Duke_of_Edinburgh\">nuptials of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten<\/a> &#8212; is perhaps best known as the film that features Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling and walls (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2942\/royal-wedding#articles-reviews?articleId=21379\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a> for more information on how these nifty effects were achieved). Judy Garland was originally slated to co-star with Astaire, but due to her infamous health concerns was replaced by Powell, who (fortunately) does a fine job portraying Astaire&#8217;s spunky younger sister, and more than keeps up with Astaire during their dance numbers together &#8212; especially during the wonderfully named, energetically performed &#8220;How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I&#8217;ve Been a Liar All My Life?&#8221; (purportedly the longest-titled song in MGM&#8217;s musical history). Unfortunately, the storyline itself is negligible at best, and Astaire&#8217;s romantic interest &#8212; Churchill, the daughter of Winston himself &#8212; is utterly bland. The primary reason to check this one out is for the fun musical-dance sequences. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astaire&#8217;s hatrack dance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Hat-Rack.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Hat-Rack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Hat-Rack.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Hat-Rack-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Hat-Rack-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire&#8217;s fun ceiling-and-wall dance number<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Wall-Dance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Wall-Dance.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Wall-Dance.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Wall-Dance-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-Wall-Dance-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire and Powell performing &#8220;How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I&#8217;ve Been a Liar All My Life?&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-How-Could-You.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-How-Could-You.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-How-Could-You.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-How-Could-You-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Wedding-How-Could-You-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but the three musical numbers listed above make it worth a one-time look. As a public domain title, this one is available for free viewing on www.archive.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043983\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9E0CEEDE1638E43BBC4153DFB566838A649EDE\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2704&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2942\/royal-wedding#articles-reviews?articleId=21379\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brightlightsfilm.com\/65\/65royalwedding.php\">Bright Lights Film Journal Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/royal-wedding\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is a pretty box of pickles!&#8221; Synopsis: A successful brother (Fred Astaire) and sister (Jane Powell) dancing team head to London just as a royal wedding is about to take place. Once there, Astaire falls in love with a dancing ingenue (Sarah Churchill), while Powell pursues romance with a lord (Peter Lawford) she met on board the ship. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Fred Astaire Films Jane Powell Films Keenan Wynn Films Musicals Peter Lawford Films Siblings Stanley Donen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30456\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30456"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61019,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30456\/revisions\/61019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}