History Film / PrincessORourke

''Princess O’Rourke'' is a 1943 RomanticComedy film written and directed by Norman Krasna, starring Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Creator/CharlesCoburn.

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''Princess O’Rourke'' (1943) is a RomanticComedy starring Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Written and directed by Norman Krasna, this film won Krasna an Oscar for Best Original Story. ''Film/RomanHoliday'' can be considered the SpiritualSuccessor of this film as they share many themes and even plot lines.

After six pills, she can’t wake up even when her flight has been grounded due to fog. Consequently, she must stay overnight with the plane’s co-pilot, Eddie O’Rourke (Cummings), who has no idea where she lives or that she's a princess, and has to ask for the help of his friends Dave (Jack Carson) and Jean Campbell (Jane Wyman). Maria comes to and decides to take up Eddie's proposition to spend the day with him. Meanwhile, her uncle's secret service man spies on them as they both slowly falls in love. But Maria knows they can’t marry because of her royal blood. Fortunately, her uncle thinks that it can be a good PR move to marry a normal American.

* NoNameGiven: The country in where Maria belongs to.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being a princess is hard! There’s obligations and

* SlippingAMickey: A surprisingly innocent version: Maria has taken several sleeping pills to no effect during her flight to San Francisco, so Eddie takes her to a café for some coffee. The owner thinks that she can’t go to sleep, so he puts two sleeping pills in her coffee without telling them about it. Maria then definitely passes out.

Eventually, after six pills, she can’t awake up even when her flight has been grounded due to fog. Consequently, she must stay overnight with the plane’s co-pilot, Eddie O’Rourke (Cummings), who has no idea where she lives or that she is a princess, and has to ask for the help of his friends Dave (Jack Carson) and Jean Campbell (Jane Wyman). She comes to and decides to take up Eddie's proposition to spend the day with him. Meanwhile, her uncle's secret service man spies on as they both slowly falls in love. But Maria knows they can’t marry because of her royal blood. Fortunately, her uncle thinks that it can be a good PR move to marry a normal American.

''Princess O’Rourke'' (1943) is a RomanticComedy starring Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Written and directed by Norman Krasna, this film won Krasna an Oscar for Best Original Story.''Film/RomanHoliday'' can be considered the SpiritualSuccessor of this film as they share many themes and even plot lines.

''Princess O’Rourke'' (1943) is a RomanticComedy starring Creator/OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Written and directed by Norman Krasna, this film won Krasna an Oscar for Best Original Story and is a SpiritualPredecessor to ''Film/RomanHoliday''.

Eventually, after 6 pills, she can’t awake up even when her flight has been grounded due to fog. Consequently, she must stay overnight with the plane’s co-pilot, Eddie O’Rourke (Cummings), who has no idea where she lives or that she is a princess, and has to ask for the help of his friends Dave (Jack Carson) and Jean Campbell (Jane Wyman). She comes to and decides to take up Eddie's proposition to spend the day with him. Meanwhile, her uncle's secret service man spies on as they both slowly falls in love. But Maria knows they can’t marry because of her royal blood. Fortunately, her uncle thinks that it can be a good PR move to marry a normal American.

Eventually, after 6 pills, she can’t stay awake and must stay overnight with the plane’s co-pilot, Eddie O’Rourke (Cummings), who has no idea where she lives or that she is a princess. She comes to and decides to spend the day with this handsome pilot. Meanwhile, her uncle’s secret service man spies on her as she spends the day with Eddie and his married friends, Dave (Jack Carson) and Jean Campbell (Jane Wyman). Eddie and Maria both fall in love, but Maria knows they can’t marry. Fortunately, her uncle thinks that it can be a good PR move to marry a normal American.

Eventually, after 6 pills, she can’t stay awake and must stay overnight with the plane’s co-pilot, Eddie O’Rourke (Cummings), who has no idea where she lives or that she is a princess. She comes to and decides to spend the day with this handsome pilot. Meanwhile, her uncle’s secret service man spies on her as she spends the day with Eddie and his married friends, Dave (Jack Carson) and Jean Campbell (Jane Wyman). Eddie and Maria both fall in love, but Maria knows they can’t marry. Fortunately, her uncle thinks that it can be a good PR move to marry a normal American.

* WarIsGlorious: Eddie wants to be in WWII. He imagines the great embarassement of telling his future children that he was at a Flower show rather than the biggest war of his lifetime.

* WarIsGlorious: Eddie wants to be in WWII. He says that he’ll be embarrassed being a Prince Consort and saying to his children that he was at a Flower show rather than the biggest war of his lifetime.

''Princess O’Rourke'' (1943) is a RomanticComedy starring OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Written and directed by Norman Krasna, this film won Krasna an Oscar for Best Original Story and is a SpiritualPredecessor to ''Film/RomanHoliday''.

''Princess O’Rourke'' is a RomanticComedy starring OliviaDeHavilland, Robert Cummings, and Charles Coburn. Written and directed by Norman Krasna, this film won Krasna an Oscar for Best Original Story and is a SpiritualPredecessor to ''Film/RomanHoliday''.