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Royal Wedding

Royal Wedding

Music · Comedy · Romance · 1951

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

Movie details

Royal Wedding

“A story of a famed singing, dancing, brother and sister team!”

1951 Music · Comedy · Romance 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Stanley Donen

Written by

Alan Jay Lerner

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Tom Bowen

Jane Powell

Jane Powell

Ellen Bowen

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

John Brindale

Sarah Churchill

Sarah Churchill

Anne Ashmond

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger

Albert Sharpe

Albert Sharpe

James Ashmond

Henri Letondal

Henri Letondal

Purser (uncredited)

Court is in session

Put Royal Wedding on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.