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Cary Grant and Sylvia Sidney star in a screwball comedy about love and mistaken identity in Thirty Day Princess . When Princess Catterina (Sylvia Sidney) of Taronia falls ill with the mumps, it threatens to derail a business deal worth $50 Million. Afraid of losing his commission, financier Richard Gresham (Edward Arnold) hires look-alike actress Nancy Lane (Sidney again) to impersonate the princess and promises a bonus if she can get crusading newspaper publisher Porter Madison (Cary Grant) to drop his opposition. Just as love begins to bloom between the “princess” and the publisher, Catterina’s fiancé arrives unannounced threatening to ruin everything.
Original Release
05/18/1934
US Release
05/18/1934
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sylvia Sidney | Princess Catterina / Nancy Lane |
Cary Grant | Porter Madison III |
Edward Arnold | Richard M. Gresham |
Henry Stephenson | King Anatol XII |
Vince Barnett | Count Nicholaus / Count Nicholeus |
Edgar Norton | Baron Passeria |
Ray Walker | Dan Kirk |
Lucien Littlefield | Parker |
Robert McWade | Managing Editor |
George Baxter | Donald Spottswood |
Directors
Writers
Preston Sturges, Frank Partos, Sam Hellman, Edwin Justus Mayer, Clarence Budington Kelland
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sylvia Sidney | Princess Catterina / Nancy Lane |
Cary Grant | Porter Madison III |
Edward Arnold | Richard M. Gresham |
Henry Stephenson | King Anatol XII |
Vince Barnett | Count Nicholaus / Count Nicholeus |
Edgar Norton | Baron Passeria |
Ray Walker | Dan Kirk |
Lucien Littlefield | Parker |
Robert McWade | Managing Editor |
George Baxter | Donald Spottswood |
Marguerite Namara | Lady in Waiting |
William Arnold | City Editor |
William Augustin | Detective #2 |
Allan Cavan | Court Officer |
Jean Chatburn | Blonde |
Oliver Cross | Court Officer |
Edgar Dearing | Tim - Policeman at Mrs. Schmidt's |
Sayre Dearing | Ceremonial Guest |
Adolph Faylauer | Reception Guest |
Jean Fowler | Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Emanuel Cohen | Executive Producer |
B.P. Schulberg | Producer |