Product Details

• Actors: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille, Alison Skipworth, George Barbier
• Directors: William K. Howard
• Writers: Claude Binyon, Don Hartman, Francis Martin, Frank Butler, J.B. Priestley
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, French, Swedish
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 12, 1995
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303560105
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,420 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars VINTAGE LOMBARD COMEDY, May 19, 2000

By	"scotsladdie" (GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

An engaging little film from 1936. THE PRICESS COMES ACROSS adroidly combined a whodunit by Philip MacDonald with a romantic comedy novel by Louis Lucien Rogger, to give Lombard and MacMurray and delicious successor to their previous 1935 hit HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE. It took six writers to make up a brilliant script (for once, too many cooks didn't make hash!) Carole is a Brooklyn showgirl who took a third-class trip to Europe from which she returns first-class.............On the way back to the states, Carole assumes the idenity of a Swedish princess in the hopes of being discovered as a new Garbo! A zany comedy thriller with plenty of jokes has our Carole pose as royalty on an ocean voyage on a luxury liner where she meets romantic MacMurray; they soon become embroiled in a whodunit! This deft blend of satire, comedy and mystery is interesting for Lombard's obvious poke at Garbo and there's William (Fred Mertz) Frawley in rare form as Benton. William K. Howard directed Arthur Hornblow Jr.'s production and kept things skimming along at a fine rate of knots - to top it off, MacMurray even sings a little ditty entitled MY CONCERTINA.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good light entertainment, June 17, 2006

By	Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Following their success together in HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE, Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray team up again in this light entertainment about making it in Hollywood, solving a murder mystery, and falling in love. Lombard disguises herself as a Swedish princess, and while aboard an ocean liner she not only meets handsome bandleader MacMurray, but is blackmailed by an old acquaintance. When the guy ends up dead in Lombard's stateroom, she goes to MacMurray for help. He finds the killer and, of course, falls in love with Lombard. Her ruse is revealed by the end, which makes everything normal again. The story and direction just zip right along and whether "getting to know each other" or working on the murder mystery, the two principals are fun to watch. The whole picture is as light as a feather, but it's not a slipshod affair, and it works so well because everyone involved wants it to. Worth a watch.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Delightful Lombard, April 3, 2005

By	Bobby Underwood "starlighthotel" (Bakersfield, California United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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The 1930's gave birth to a hybrid type of film which mixed comedy and mystery with a certain type of glamour. Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray have fun in this splendid example of the genre fans will enjoy. Based on a story by Philip MacDonald adapted from a novel, there are many amusing moments as the irreverent and lovely Lombard spoofs Garbo. The versatile Fred MacMurray matches her as a smitten concertina player trying to protect her when things go south.

Lombard is Wanda Nash of Brooklyn, posing as a Swedish Princess, Olga, and heading for Hollywood by ocean liner to star in a film for Transcontinental Pictures. Alison Skipworth is her traveling companion, Lady Gertrude. A cabin mix-up has them meeting concertina player King Mantell (MacMurray) and his pal William Frawley, of I Love Lucy fame. There is an instant attraction between the two, but Lady Gertrude is afraid Wanda will slip up and ruin the charade if she and Mantell hook up. As she explains to Wanda: "No good ever comes from a concertina squeezer!"

An escaped murderer who is a master of disguise is on board the ship, but luckily for the captain, an international convention of police detectives, which includes Mischa Auer as a Russian cop, is along on the cruise as well. When a slimy blackmailer named Darcy ends up dead in Wanda's cabin, the vulnerable Princess turns to King Mantell and his pal to get her out of the jam. King, on the verge of big success but with a shady past also, throws caution to the wind and moves the body.

It isn't long, of course, until King is on to the Princess, but by this time he has fallen for her, and puts himself in danger by announcing he will reveal the killer after his concert. Can any good come from a concertina player? It's fun to find out in this somewhat tame but very entertaining film. The sets are delicious and so is Lombard. The camera shows off her beauty while the story gives her a chance to poke a little fun at the `nose up in the air' variety of prestiege star popular during the 1930's. A fun little film and a must for Lombard fans.