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The Princess Comes Across poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 67.7 / 100
1936·Comedy / Crime / Mystery·1h 16m

THE PRINCESS COMES ACROSS

“Those rollicking STARS of "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE"”

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

Above the Line
William K. Howard·DirectorFrancis Martin·ScreenplayWalter DeLeon·ScreenplayTed Tetzlaff·Director of PhotographyJohn Leipold·Original Music ComposerPaul Weatherwax·Editor
Cast
Carole Lombard·Princess Olga / Wanda NashFred MacMurray·King MantellDouglass Dumbrille·LorelAlison Skipworth·Lady GertrudeGeorge Barbier·Captain NichollsWilliam Frawley·BentonPorter Hall·DarcyLumsden Hare·CraggSig Ruman·SteindorfMischa Auer·Morevitch
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 3
William K. Howard·DirectorIsobel Stuart·Script SupervisorHarry Scott·Assistant Director
Writing· 8
Francis Martin·ScreenplayWalter DeLeon·ScreenplayPhilip MacDonald·StoryDon Hartman·ScreenplayFrank Butler·ScreenplayClaude Binyon·WriterJ. B. Priestley·WriterLouis Lucien Rogger·Novel
Camera· 1
Ted Tetzlaff·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Paul Weatherwax·Editor
Sound & Music· 7
John Leipold·Original Music ComposerHarold Lewis·Sound RecordistDon Johnson·Sound RecordistPhil Boutelje·SongsPhil Boutelje·Additional MusicHarold Lewis·Additional MusicStephan Pasternacki·Additional Music
Art & Design· 4
Ernst Fegté·Art DirectionTravis Banton·Costume DesignHans Dreier·Art DirectionA. E. Freudeman·Interior Designer
Production· 2
Arthur Hornblow Jr.·ProducerWilliam LeBaron·Executive Producer
Other Departments· 4
Farciot Edouart·Visual EffectsAdolph Zukor·PresenterDewey Wrigley·Visual EffectsEarl Crowell·Electrician
By the Numbers
67.7
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
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Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Princess Comes Across's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#F7F7F7
#D94C2B
#333B45
Mood
Lively, Dramatic
Composition
Layered
Era
1930s
Visual Style
Graphic Design

“A vintage movie poster features a woman in a fur coat and a man playing an accordion, rendered in a two-tone color scheme of red-orange and dark blue-gray again”

romancecomedymusical
Key Elements
Fur CoatGlovesAccordion
Atmosphere
Vibrant
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
None Visible
Design Score
8/10
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