Royal Wedding is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, and starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Set in 1947 London at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten,
Plot: American sibling song-and-dance team Tom (Fred Astaire) and Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell) are in London in 1947, when all of England is in a tizzy over the impending nuptials of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Ellen falls head over heels for the dashing Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford), and Tom becomes equally smitten with the elegant Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill). The film features one of Astaire's most legendary dance performances, dancing across the ceiling of a hotel room.
Credits: Fred Astaire as Tom Bowen Jane Powell as Ellen Bowen Peter Lawford as Lord John Brindale Sarah Churchill as Anne Ashmond Keenan Wynn as Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger Albert Sharpe as James Ashmond
Directed by Stanley Donen Written by Alan Jay Lerner Produced by Arthur Freed Cinematography Robert Planck Edited by Albert Akst Music by Burton Lane (music) Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
