"The Swan" 1956, Grace Kelly, Louis Jourdan, Clip #2

Clip #2. Look for this movie on TCM or buy the tape at Amazon.com.

The story is about a royal family who is hoping to lure a prince (Alec Guiness) to marry their daughter (Grace Kelly), who is a princess of a small country. The prince is only going to visit for a short time, so the mother of the princess decides to use a tutor (Louis Jourdan) as a pawn in order to make the prince jealous.

In this scene we are at a ball, where the plot to make the prince jealous does not appear to be working as well as planned.

This film is a little slow in parts, but for the most part quite charming and funny. Grace Kelly is at her most luminous. Also stars Louis Jourdan, Brian Aherne, Alec Guiness, Jessie Royce Landis, and Estelle Winwood. Read more about this film here: http://imdb.com/title/tt0049815/

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• estelle
• winwood

[bookkeeper57]

A cross between Cinderella and the Princess Diaries: nice costume drama that demands only a fraction of what either Kelly or Jourdan could do.

[sweeney3269]

No, not really. I don't see much of a resemblance at all between those two stories.

The Swan is based on a play by Franz Molnar written in the '20s, and first made into a silent film a few years later.

[smurfthumper]

I keep expecting Louis Jourdan to sing out "It's a bore!"

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I really like this scene.

[calliope92]

when there was 1956 Louis Jourdan was very very handsome!

a very handsome men!

and this scene of the mouvie is very romantic!

[59safra]

ghiacciolo ed istrice...

[Mandinko23]

@decem10ber really did tell Grace that? wow so they were like good friends now why would Marilyn say that is the film industry that bad.

[Mandinko23]

i think i have watch tis movie on AMC i love the first part of the video. i love classics more than this modern crap

[dasyization]

I watch this movie saurday night . I loved it ! I love Louis Jourdan. He's my idol .

[rbain007]

Louis Jourdan vs Obi Wan Kenobi...even though you may have the force i am choosing the very handsome Jourdan instead! poor princess has to marry a prince and not the man who is so much nicer and better looking!

[KraftwithaK]

How about that guy who'd rather play the cello than bone Grace Kelly? Seems he might be more of a queen than she is.

[Laurituska]

do you know if there is somewhere I can watch it online? If there isn't then I'll buy it but just in case

[OperaJH]

Roger Moore has said he wanted the role of Professor Agy very badly, but he lost out to Louis Jourdan, because he was not Union. He and Jourdan have remained good friends since that time and did work together in Octopussy (when they were much older). Do you think a young and equally dashing Moore would have made a good Agy? I feel the part is Jourdan's alone!

[decem10ber]

Marilyn Monroe told Grace Kelly...

"I'm so glad you were able to get out of this business."

[thopham13]

I really really really really wANT the music file to the waltz!!!!!!!! You can't find it anywhere on the net~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE WALTZ MUSIC!!