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Other InformationAwardsBest Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1952] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Plot SummaryTwo real-life events were incorporated into the plot of the 1951 MGM musical Royal Wedding. One, the marriage of Fred Astaire`s sister Adele to a British nobleman had occurred years earlier; the other, the wedding of England`s Princess Elizabeth and ... DiscographySinglesEvery Night at Seven How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I`ve Been a Liar All My Life I Left My Hat in Haiti Open Your Eyes Sunday Jumps The Happiest Day of My Life Too Late Now What a Lovely Day for a Wedding You`re All the World To Me |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Chester: Have you ever considered getting married, sir?
Tom Bowen: I was engaged once.
Chester: What happened?
Tom Bowen: The girl changed her mind at the last minute. Chester: Marriages are very healthy, sir. You see, married men live much longer than bachelors.
Tom Bowen: If that`s true, they`re only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again. Ellen Bowen: Didn`t your mother never teach you no manners?
Tom Bowen: I never had no mother. We was too poor. Ellen Bowen: [referring to the royal couple] I wonder what the bride is doing today.
Tom Bowen: Why don`t you call her up and ask her?
Ellen Bowen: [chuckles] I wonder what I would be doing a month before my wedding.
Tom Bowen: Probably trying to find a way out of it.
Ellen Bowen: Do you really think so?
Tom Bowen: You know you would. Irving Klinger: This is a pretty box of pickles! James Ashmond: Do I look like a gentleman?
Tom Bowen: You look like a banker.
James Ashmond: But do I look like a gentleman? Tom Bowen: I wonder what the groom is doing today.
Ellen Bowen: Why don`t you call him up and ask him?
Tom Bowen: Very funny. Tom Bowen: Sorry, I thought you were *him*.
Anne Ashmond: How odd. Tom Bowen: You should have seen your face when you saw me.
Anne Ashmond: How did I look?
Tom Bowen: As if I were a dentist.Trivia Final film of James Finlayson, who has an unbilled bit as a cab driver. In an interview given shortly after the film was released, Fred Astaire revealed that he had tried dancing with more than thirty commercially available clothes trees before the studio had the prop department design and build the one in the film at a final cost was over $900. The clothes tree disappeared shortly after the film wrapped. Near the end of filming, Jane Powell discovered she was pregnant. This is one of a handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions of the 1950-1951 period whose original copyrights were never renewed and are now apparently in Public Domain; for this reason this title is now offered, often in very inferior copies, at bargain prices, by numerous VHS and DVD distributors who do not normally handle copyrighted or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer material. According to some books, Judy Garland attempted suicide after being fired from this film. Fred Astaire and Jane Powell sing "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I`ve Been a Liar All My Life," the longest song title in a Hollywood film. June Allyson was first cast in the role of Ellen, but became pregnant. Judy Garland was cast next, but MGM terminated her studio contract. Moira Shearer was considered for the role of Anne. Retitled "Wedding Bells" in England so as not to make it seem as a documentary of the recent Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II. The "You`re All the World to Me" dance was accomplished by putting a whole room, attached camera and harnessed cameraman inside a 20 ft. diameter rotating "squirrel cage." The idea of dancing with a clothes tree had been suggested to Astaire earlier by Hermes Pan. The ship`s rocking during "Open Your Eyes" was based on the Astaires` own dancing experience on a voyage to London in 1923. A boat-rocking device was used to create the film effect. The story was loosely based on the real-life partnership of Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele Astaire. `Charles Walters` was originally signed to direct the film, but he quit when Judy Garland replaced June Allyson, as he refused to work with Garland again after Summer Stock (1950). | ||
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