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The Student Prince

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The Student Prince
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NR,1hr 47min
Genres:
Musical,Drama,Romance
Released:
June 15, 1954
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Distributor:
The Castaways Pictures
Starring:
Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson  ...more
Synopsis: Edmund Purdom plays Prince Karl, but Mario Lanza sings the bold tunes coming out of Purdom's mouth, in this MGM remake of the 1927 Ernst Lubitsch silent picture based on the renowned 1924 operetta by Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly, which itself was based on the novel and play by Wilhelm Meyer-Foerster. Lanza was signed to play the German Prince of Heidelberg, but weight and temperament problems caused the director Richard Thorpe to use Purdom instead. Lanza's pre-recorded tenor tones come out ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Operetta is never as satisfying an experience on film as it can be onstage, but The Student Prince is one of the better treatments of this genre. Clearly its biggest asset is its Sigmund Romberg songs (and, to a lesser extent, the enjoyable if not as distinguished additions by Nicholas Brodzky and Paul Francis Webster.) While the purple-tinged lyrics and the unashamedly open emotionalism of "Serenade," ... Full Review
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Ann Blyth
Kathie
Edmund Purdom
Prince Karl
John Ericson
Count Von Asterburg
Louis Calhern
King of Karlsburg
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