The Student Prince (1954) "Family"

The Student Prince (1954) "Family"Prince Karl is in love with a barmaid! The ways of the heart clash with the mandates of state arranged marriage in this regal Hollywood adaptation of the operetta by Sigmund Romberg, the composer whose life was the subject of the biopic Deep in My Heart. Edmund Purdom, lip synching the rich singing of tenor Mario Lanza, portrays the on screen Karl and Ann Blyth, who starred opposite Lanza in The Great Caruso, is the Heidelberg sweetheart the prince

Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprise their legendary roles as Mr

The actress playing Salome (Renee Adoree) is the "kept woman" of the troupe's leading man

Despairing of the suburban treadmill

cattleman Calvin Jones (rubber-faced comic Joe E

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But now slicker

but the show - and inexperienced stage assistant Polly Browne - must go on

tongue-in-cheek pilot sets the pace and style for the 1972-73 series it launched

thriller fans

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where folks are still divided blue versus gray

Dispensing his own philosophy and consolation