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The Princess Comes Across is a 1936 mystery/comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, the second of the four times they were paired together. Lombard, playing an actress from Brooklyn pretending to be a Swedish princess, does a "film-length takeoff" on MGM's Swedish star Greta Garbo. The film was based on the 1935 novel A Halálkabin by Louis Lucien Rogger, the pseudonym of Laszlo Aigner and Louis Acze.
Original Release
05/22/1936
US Release
05/22/1936
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carole Lombard | Princess Olga / Wanda Nash |
| Fred MacMurray | King Mantell / Joe King Mantell |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Lorel |
| Alison Skipworth | Lady Gertrude |
| George Barbier | Captain Nicholls |
| William Frawley | Benton |
| Porter Hall | Darcy |
| Lumsden Hare | Cragg |
| Sig Ruman | Steindorf |
| Mischa Auer | Morevitch |
Directors
Writers
Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Don Hartman, Frank Butler, Philip MacDonald, Louis Lucien Rogger, Claude Binyon, J.B. Priestley
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Carole Lombard | Princess Olga / Wanda Nash |
| Fred MacMurray | King Mantell / Joe King Mantell |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Lorel |
| Alison Skipworth | Lady Gertrude |
| George Barbier | Captain Nicholls |
| William Frawley | Benton |
| Porter Hall | Darcy |
| Lumsden Hare | Cragg |
| Sig Ruman | Steindorf |
| Mischa Auer | Morevitch |
| Bradley Page | The Stranger |
| Tetsu Komai | Kawati |
| Monya Andre | Undetermined Role |
| Benny Bartlett | Ship's Bellhop |
| Virginia Cabell | Undetermined Role |
| George Chandler | Film Man |
| David Clyde | Assistant Purser |
| Keith Daniels | Reporter |
| Blair Davies | Undetermined Role |
| Jean De Briac | French Baggage Official |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Arthur Hornblow Jr. | Producer |
Editors
