On This Day... Thirty-Day Princess (1934)

Today, Cary Grant's 14th full length film, Thirty-Day Princess, was released in 1934... which I first reviewed with the film Born to be Bad in my blog post on May 18, 2020 - see https://www.mylifeinayearwitharchie.com/2020/05/on-this-day1934-born-to-be-bad-and.html

Summary:

A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.

Cast:

Sylvia Sidney... Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Cary Grant... Porter Madison III
Edward Arnold... Richard M. Gresham
Henry Stephenson... King Anatol XII
Vince Barnett... Count Nicholaus
Edgar Norton... Baron Passeria
Ray Walker... Dan Kirk
Lucien Littlefield... Parker
Robert McWade... Managing Editor
George Baxter... Donald Spottswood
Marguerite Namara... Lady in Waiting

Did You Know?

The streamlined train seen in montages in this film is the Union Pacific M-10000. It was the first of the "streamliner"-style trains in the U.S. It was in service from 1934 to 1941.

The $15,000 Nancy earns would have equated to about $274,000 in 2020.

Quotes:

Porter Madison III: How many reporters are working here?
City Editor: About a quarter of 'em.

Princess Catterina: In Taronia, what we mean, we say. What we say, we mean.

Richard M. Gresham: People come in twos in this world, like the animals in the ark. There's an old fellow at the club looks as much like me as I do. Good-looking man, too.

Lobby Cards and Press Stills:

Directed by Marion Gering.
Produced by B.P. Schulberg Productions
Running time: 73 minutes

Artwork by Rebekah Hawley of Studio 36.