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Princess O'Rourke ()

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A pilot falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country to become a maid, little suspecting that she's actually a princess.
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Princess Maria (as Olivia DeHavilland)
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Eddie O'Rourke
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Holman
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Dave Campbell
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Jean Campbell
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Supreme Court Judge
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Miss Haskell
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Mr. Washburn
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Nightclub Singer
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Count Peter de Candome
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G-Man
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Messenger (uncredited)
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Stewardess (uncredited)
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Mrs. Anna Pulaski (uncredited)
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Matilda's Husband (uncredited)
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Mrs. Mulvaney (uncredited)
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Mr. Mookle (uncredited)
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Grace (uncredited)
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Policeman at White House (uncredited)
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Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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First Airline Dispatcher (uncredited)
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Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
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Clara Stilwell (uncredited)
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Clare Stillwell (uncredited)
Rosina Galli ...
Greek's Wife (uncredited)
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Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Woman Truck Driver (uncredited)
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Miss Jeffries (uncredited)
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Second Airline Dispatcher (uncredited)
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Matilda (uncredited)
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Airline Passenger (uncredited)
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Third Airline Dispatcher (uncredited)
Catherine Price ...
White House Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Greek Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
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Janitor (uncredited)
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Pilot (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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G-Man (uncredited)
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Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
Whiskers ...
Fala the Dog (uncredited)
Lottie Williams ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Norman Krasna

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Norman Krasna ... (original screenplay)

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Hal B. Wallis ... producer

Music by

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Friedrich Hollaender ... (as Frederick Hollander)

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Ernest Haller ... director of photography (as Ernie Haller)

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Warren Low

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Max Parker

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George James Hopkins

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Orry-Kelly ... (gowns)

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Perc Westmore ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Eric Stacey ... unit manager (uncredited)

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Frank Heath ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Stanley Jones ... sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Crew believed to be complete

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  • RCA (sound system)

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Plot Summary

Poor Princess Maria is visiting New York, but she's not having any fun. So her uncle suggests she spend a few days in San Francisco. Unfortunately she's nervous about going by plane. To calm her jitters, she takes a sleeping pill before the plane takes off. Sensing her nervousness, the pilot, navigator and stewardess all secretly give her pills. When bad weather forces the plane to head back to New York, the sleepy princess is left in the care of pilot Edward O'Rourke who takes her to his apartment to spend the night. When she comes to the next day, she finds a note left by O'Rourke asking her to meet him after work. The princess decides to find out what she's been missing and sneaks off to him. To keep her identity a secret, she tells O'Rourke that she's a poor waif sent from Europe to work as a maid in San Francisco. What she doesn't count on is that before the day is through O'Rourke will ask her to marry him. Written by Daniel Bubbeo

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Taglines Meet the Princess...and the Pilot, who had to be good to rate the $150,000 a year, as her husband! (print ad - Lubbock Avalanche Journal - Broadway Theatre- Lubbock, Texas, April 2, 1944) See more »
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Also Known As
  • La petite exilée (France)
  • Der Pilot und die Prinzessin (Germany)
  • Sua Alteza Quer Casar (Brazil)
  • Pobre princesita (Mexico)
  • Πριγκιπικό ρομάντζο (Greece)
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  • 94 min
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Budget $651,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia When the counterman asks Mary if she wants two sugars in her coffee and then proceeds to put only two pinches in her cup, this is a reference to war-time sugar rationing that contemporary audiences would have found amusing. See more »
Goofs Robert Cummings bumps into a standing President Franklin D. Roosevelt who was either confined to a wheelchair or could walk with braces with help while on someone's arm. His infirmity was not common knowledge to the American people. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004). See more »
Soundtracks Honorable Moon See more »
Quotes [two friends are piloting an airliner]
Dave Campbell: OK, son, take it.
Eddie O'Rourke: Is it hard, daddy?
Dave Campbell: Nothing of the sort.
Eddie O'Rourke: Well, what do I do first?
Dave Campbell: Just fiddle around, it'll come to you.
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