Princess O'Rourke

thumb|Olivia de Havilland, Julie Bishop, Robert Cummings, and Jack Carson in a publicity photo for Princess O'Rourke, 1943 Princess O'Rourke is a 1943 film about a pilot who falls in love with a woman he believes is heading cross country to become a maid, little suspecting that she's actually a princess. Directed and written by Norman Krasna She came from a Royal Line but his Line was better! Eddie O'Rourke [the princess is asleep in his arms] Boy, are you lucky I was raised right. Or was I? Yeah, I guess I was. Dialogue [two friends are piloting an airliner] Dave Campbell: OK, son, take it. Eddie O'Rourke: Is it hard, daddy? Dave Campbell: Nothing of the sort. Eddie O'Rourke: Well, what do I do first? Dave Campbell: Just fiddle around, it'll come to you. Holman: [Eddie returns to the White House] What are you doing here? Eddie O'Rourke: I was invited. I've got a right to be here. More so in fact. Dave Campbell: Wake up Jean. Jean Campbell: Why? What is it? Dave Campbell: Eddie wants you to undress a girl for him. Dave Campbell: [while Jean is crying and hugging Eddie] Tears. I didn't get any of that. I'm just the husband. I got a kiss on the cheek. Jean Campbell: They're going away to the Army to be flyers. Eddie O'Rourke: Now Jean, you knew it. You went with us when we signed up. Jean Campbell: I know, but I didn't think they'd take you. I thought you might have some disease! [at a drugstore, Eddie O'Rourke and Maria can be seen drinking sodas] Eddie O'Rourke: Where'd you learn to speak French? Princess Maria: How do you know I can? Eddie O'Rourke: You were speaking it last night. Princess Maria: What did I say? Eddie O'Rourke: I don't know, I couldn't understand you. Part of the time, you thought you were in Paris. Princess Maria: I did. Eddie O'Rourke: Have you traveled in Europe a lot? Princess Maria: I was born there, I didn't come to this country until recently. Eddie O'Rourke: How do you speak English? Princess Maria: I had a very good education. My family insisted I know languages. Eddie O'Rourke: [deadpan] I see. [Princess Maria and Eddie O'Rourke can be seen arriving at the apartment of Jean and Dave Campbell. When they reach the door, Eddie rings the bell before looking at Maria] Eddie O'Rourke: Don't expect anything out of the ordinary. Princess Maria: [smiles] I won't. Princess Maria: Hello, Uncle. Holman: Where have you been? Princess Maria: I've been sleeping. Holman: Where have you been sleeping, Maria? Princess Maria: I took too many pills. The plane turned around and came back. Holman: I found that out. Where did you sleep, Maria? Princess Maria: At the airport. Holman: At the airport? [Holman looks at the G-Man, who appears confused] G-Man: That's impossible. I must've gone through the airport twenty times. Holman: Where at the airport? Princess Maria: In the ladies' lounge. [Holman looks at the G-Man, who shrugs and gives him an innocent look] G-Man: Ladies' lounge. Holman: Thank you. G-Man: Yes, sir. G-Man: I'm glad you're safe, Your Highness. Princess Maria: Thank you. [the G-Man turns and walks off as Maria heads towards a door] Holman: Your Highness all night in a ladies' lounge. Maria, sometimes I wonder if you realize your position. Princess Maria: I'd like to take a bath uncle. Holman: How do you feel? Princess Maria: I'm alright. Holman: Maybe you've got a cold coming on or something. Princess Maria: No, Uncle. Mr. Washburn: Your position in the royal family is most important. You're to have children. If possible, boys. Eddie O'Rourke: Well, that's not a full day's work. What else do I do? Mr. Washburn: Nothing else. Eddie O'Rourke: Nothing? Mr. Washburn: Nothing. Mr. Washburn: The next is merely you giving up your American citizenship. Eddie O'Rourke: What's that? Mr. Washburn: You give up your American citizenship. Eddie O'Rourke: That's it. Why? Holman: It's customary in our family. Eddie O'Rourke: It's not customary in my family. Holman: Your family? Eddie O'Rourke: Yes, I've got a family. I didn't grow on a bush. Holman: I don't like your tone of voice, young man. Eddie O'Rourke: I can't help that. Holman: You'll apologize, and immediately. Eddie O'Rourke: Or? Holman: Or? Or, there'll be no marriage. Eddie O'Rourke: I was just coming to that. Holman: What's that? Eddie O'Rourke: I'm not marrying "her highness." Holman: You're not marrying her highness? Mr. Washburn: Let's not be hasty. Perhaps we should discuss this alone. Eddie O'Rourke: No, it's better this way. I'm not giving up any American citizenship. I've never gotten over how lucky I was to be born here in the first place. And I didn't ask any "highness" to get married. I asked a girl I thought was a homeless refugee who was getting a job as an upstairs maid. And I thought other things about her, too. You'd be surprised what I thought. Holman: This man is demented. Eddie O'Rourke: I couldn't take an allowance from my wife and I couldn't ask you for permission to leave the room. I wasn't raised that way. But even that's not important. But what do I say to my kid when he asks me what I did in the war. You know what I have to say? Son, there was a big fight, the biggest fight the world was ever in, the most important. But I couldn't make it. I was at a flower show. I'd be ashamed of myself. And I thought that you were ashamed when you had to tell those woman that you couldn't sew or knit or cook or anything but you could learn something. Even knitting a sweater helps. And if it's knit badly, I'll wear it just the same. You knit and I'll fly an airplane. What do you say, Mary? Holman: Don't you dignify him with an answer. Eddie O'Rourke: I want you to marry me. Holman: You heard me, Maria. Eddie O'Rourke: I'm crazy about you, Mary. Holman: Maria! Eddie O'Rourke: He can't do anything after we're married. We'll have a lot of fun, Mary, if we love each other. Holman: Maria, our family goes back 1200 years. Eddie O'Rourke: That's overrated, Mary. Mine goes back to Adam and Eve. [following their marriage, Princess Maria and Eddie O'Rourke can be seen leaving the White House. As they leave, they stop to put on some shoes] Eddie O'Rourke: It was wonderful of them to do that. But I'm worried. Princess Maria: Why? Eddie O'Rourke: Well, I know that Supreme Court Judge can't get into any trouble. He's got a life job; they can't fire him. And Mr. Washburn's a pretty big man in the State Department. He's alright. But that guard, who was watching, that I bumped into, he may get into trouble. [Maria smiles at Eddie] Princess Maria: That wasn't a guard you bumped into. That was the President. [Eddie begins to process what was just spoken to him.] Eddie O'Rourke: The President? Holy Mackerel! I tipped him a buck, and he took it... Princess Maria: Come. [the two of them walk off as a light goes out in a window in the White House.] Cast Olivia de Havilland - Princess Maria (aka "Mary Williams") Robert Cummings - Eddie O'Rourke Charles Coburn - Holman Jack Carson - Dave Campbell Jane Wyman - Jean Campbell Harry Davenport - Supreme Court Judge Gladys Cooper - Miss Haskell Minor Watson - Mr. Washburn Nan Wynn - Singer in Chinese restaurant Curt Bois - Count Peter de Chandome Julie Bishop - Stewardess Ray Walker - "G-Man" (Secret Service) Whiskers - Fala External links 0036277 Princess O'Rourke Category:1943 American films Category:American romantic comedy films Category:Films about royalty Category:Films whose writers won Best Original Screenplay Academy Award Category:Films set in New York City Category:1943 English-language films Category:American aviation films