A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Wait, the mumps? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s screwball comedies and don’t mind a plot that hinges entirely on the most inconvenient illness imaginable, you’ll probably have a decent time with Thirty Day Princess. If you’re the type who needs a movie to make sense in the modern world, maybe skip this one. It’...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Marion Gering
Richard Smith
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"Wait, the mumps? If you have a high tolerance for 1930s screwball comedies and don’t mind a plot that hinges entirely on the most inconvenient illness imaginable, you’ll probably have a decent time with Thirty Day Princess. If you’re the type who needs a movie to make sense in the modern world, maybe skip this one. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it’s arguably one of the most stressful ways to secure a national loan I’ve ever seen. Sylvia Sidney pulls double duty here as the princess and the lookal..."
Edwin Justus Mayer, Frank Partos, Preston Sturges, Sam Hellman, Clarence Budington Kelland
United States
