Princess Charming 1934 Piano Selection

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 06 Jan 2003

PRINCESS CHARMING
A Gainsborough Picture
Nineteen ThirtyFour
Evelyn Laye Princess Charming
Yvonne Arnaud Countess Annette
Henry Wilcoxon Capt. Launa
George Grossmith King Charles
Max Miller Chuff
Finlay Currie Seegman
Ivor Barnard Ivanoff
Francis L. Sullivan Alakiev
Dino Galvani Louis
Ivor McLaren Ernest

Synopsis

To save her country from revolutionaries,
a princess decides to accept
the marriage proposal of
a neighbouring king she has never met.
The king then assigns a naval commander
to escort the princess to his kingdom,
but unfortunately, the escort
is captured in a revolt and
the only way he and the princess
can escape is to get married.
They go through many trials
before reaching the kingdom
where they are told
to have their marriage annulled.
But as this film is a romance,
the couple, who are by now,
truly in love, refuse
and must then escape from
the angry king.
Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Max Miller plays Walter Chuff,
an insurance salesman caught up
in a revolution in Aufland,
but talks himself out of
tricky situations.
Evelyn Laye as the princess
is wonderful. She sings a number
of unmemorable songs.
Ray Noble, the songwriter
and bandleader,
also born in Brighton,
composed the music
and the words are by Max Kester.
The plot is thin
and most of Max Miller’s jokes
are quick firing
but without the double entendre
for which he is famous.

Director: Maurice Elvey
Categories: Comedy, Musical
Running Time: SeventyFour minutes

Soft karaoke
Words
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treble clef 2
lyric line
bass
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© 2003 by James Pitt-Payne - for this performance only

Princess Charming 1934 Piano Selection
Selected and arranged by Ray Noble
copyright MCMXXXIV by The Cinephonic Music Co.Ltd.
sequenced for piano by
Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 05 January 2003 at 17.39
in association with Doug Grierson
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Words by Max Kester
Music by Ray Noble
Directed by Maurice Elvy
starring Evelyn Laye
A Gainsborough Picture
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Maestoso
'Brave Hearts' - Tempo di Marcia
'Feed The Brute' - Fox-Trot Tempo
'Near And Yet So Far'
Refrain
'I Love My Cup Of Tea'
'Love Is A Song'
Tempo di Marcia
Finale