
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Her Highness and the Bellboy is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson and Rags Ragland. Written by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman, the film is about a beautiful European princess who travels to New York City to find the newspaper columnist she fell in love with six years earlier. At her posh New York hotel, she is mistaken for a maid by a kind-hearted bellboy. Charmed by his confusion, the princess insists that he become her personal attendant, unaware that he has fallen in love with her. Her Highness and the Bellboy was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States on July 11, 1945.
Plot
The beautiful Princess Veronica (Hedy Lamarr) travels to New York City to find the American newspaper columnist she fell in love with six years earlier. After checking into the elegant Eaton Hotel, she is mistaken for a new maid by bellboy Jimmy Dobson (Robert Walker), who offers to accompany her on an afternoon stroll through Central Park. When they return, the hotel manager is shocked to see his bellboy with the princess and fires him for consorting with an important guest. Veronica saves Jimmy's job by insisting that the manager assign him to be her personal attendant while she is in New York.
More details
author | Gladys Lehman Richard Connell |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Charles Walters Gladys Lehman Richard Connell Richard Thorpe |
editor | George Boemler |
genre | comedy |
keywords | abandon annoy arrest beautiful princess bellboy bellhop central park cry date different worlds even fairy tale follow former dancer gang leader hotel manager knock out listen morning newspaper columnist police raid secret love think travel young woman |
musicBy | Georgie Stoll |
producer | Joe Pasternak |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
theme | dance romantic comedy |