The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

Director:

Norman Krasna

Writer:

Norman Krasna (writer)

Release Date:

26 July 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Joan Fisk, daughter of the American ambassador to France, is bored with entertaining the wives of visiting...

Plot Keywords:

Senator | Model | Comedy Of Errors | Embassy | Sergeant

Cast

Olivia de Havilland	...	Joan Fisk
John Forsythe	...	Sgt. Danny Sullivan
Myrna Loy	...	Mrs. Cartwright
Adolphe Menjou	...	Sen. Jonathan Cartwright
Tommy Noonan	...	Cpl. Al O'Connor
Francis Lederer	...	Prince Nicholas Obelski
Edward Arnold	...	Ambassador William Fisk
Minor Watson	...	Gen. Andrew Harvey

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Norman Krasna Productions

Trivia:

Last feature film of Minor Watson.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Senator's wife stated her husband was a "boy wonder" elected to the Senate at age 28. The Constitution requires a minimum age of 30.

Quotes:

Cpl. Al O'Connor: [O'Connor and Sullivan have tickets to the ballet] I'll buy the tickets, let's go someplace else.
Sgt. Danny Sullivan: You've never been to the ballet. How do you know you won't like it?
Cpl. Al O'Connor: I've never been skinned alive either. I've got an opinion.

Nice Comedy From 1956

This was a very entertaining film from 1956 with some great veteran actors who have had great roles in their careers and this is a rather silly film which seems to go on and on. However, this is a comedy concerning an American Ambassador's Daughter named Joan Fisk, (Olivia De Havilland) who live in France and meets up with a soldier named Danny, (John Forsythe) and Joan is modeling various dresses for an American Red Cross Benefit and Danny becomes very attracted to Joan. Joan does not tell Danny she is the daughter of an American Ambassador and pretends to be a French girl who is a professional model. There are wonderful actors in this film, namely, Myrna Loy, (Mrs. Cartwright); Adolphe Menou, (Sen. Jonathan Cartwright) and Tommy Noonan, (Cpl. Al O'Connor all gave outstanding supporting roles. If you like old time comedy films, this is the film for you.