The Man of Empire (1951) is a classic romantic drama filled with ambition, love, power, and personal struggles. Set against an elegant vintage atmosphere, the story explores complicated relationships and the challenges faced by those caught between romance and a life of privilege.
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00:00:00The End
00:02:01Thank you very much.
00:02:02And now, ladies and gentlemen, signore, signori.
00:02:06The kid from Albuquerque, a la kid.
00:02:09I don't know how to say kid in Italian.
00:02:11But anyway, Miss Frederica Brown.
00:02:23My love and my mule are two of a kind.
00:02:30What to do, what to do, what to do, what to do, my love, like my mule, can't make up
00:02:36his mind.
00:02:39What to do, what to do, what to do, crazy critters, so doggone arbitrary.
00:02:45I get the jitters, just talking to the prairie air.
00:02:51They don't care, they don't care, they don't care, they don't care.
00:02:55It isn't fair, it isn't fair, it isn't fair, it isn't fair.
00:03:01My love and my mule, get talky and...
00:03:06What to do, what to do, what to do, they bring.
00:03:10Brother, it's quite a routine.
00:03:17When a man and a donkey can both make a monkey of one pig-headed fool.
00:03:26Hipparay, hipparay, let them say what they may, I'm a fool.
00:03:32Oh, my love and my mule.
00:03:40My love and my mule, a gift and my goat.
00:03:47What to do, what to do, what to do, believe me, it's cruel.
00:03:51Sister, a heck of a no.
00:03:54And I quote and unquote.
00:03:57When a man and a donkey can both make a monkey of one pig-headed fool.
00:04:05Hipparay, hipparay, let them say what they may, I'm a fool.
00:04:09For my love and my mule.
00:04:22Oh, I beg your pardon, I thought this was...
00:04:33Was this my room?
00:04:34Indeed it is, mademoiselle.
00:04:37Well, I, I don't think I know you.
00:04:39To your long list of admirers, mademoiselle, I would like myself to be added.
00:04:45I congratulate you on your singing.
00:04:47Well, thank you very much.
00:04:49And it occurred to me you might care to join me for a late supper.
00:04:53Well, I'm sorry.
00:04:54I'm sure, mademoiselle, more tired of restaurants.
00:04:58Up at my villa, just the two of us can...
00:05:01Oh, now look, Buster, why don't you forget the whole thing and go home and shave?
00:05:04Mademoiselle, you are a stranger in a strange country.
00:05:08All I have done was to offer my hospitality.
00:05:10And all I'm saying is thanks a million, but will you please get out of here?
00:05:13Mademoiselle, there is no need to lose your temper.
00:05:16But if one is young and beautiful, one must expect the attention...
00:05:22Will you get out of here to ask a simple...
00:05:23Signore, if this gentleman is annoying you, I should be pleased to remove him.
00:05:29Maybe it could save me the trouble.
00:05:31Your name, signore?
00:05:32My name?
00:05:33I...
00:05:33It is distasteful to me, signore, to fight a duel with the inferior.
00:05:37And you...
00:05:38Are you kidding?
00:05:38Not at all, mademoiselle, unless this gentleman apologizes as he leaves the room.
00:05:43I do apologize, mademoiselle.
00:05:45I...
00:05:46I...
00:05:46No.
00:05:46And now what do you do?
00:05:47Good night.
00:05:48Good night.
00:05:50Hey.
00:05:51Do you really go around stabbing a people?
00:05:54I have learned, mademoiselle, that if one threatens loudly enough, one never has to fight.
00:06:02Say, you're pretty smart.
00:06:04I accept your compliment, mademoiselle, and should like to return it.
00:06:09I found your performance enchanting.
00:06:13Much obliged.
00:06:14For many nights I've watched you, not only with admiration, but envy.
00:06:20Beyond everything else in the world, I wanted to be a singer.
00:06:25Well, what stopped you?
00:06:29Unfortunately, circumstances compelled me to enter my father's business.
00:06:33Oh?
00:06:34What do you do?
00:06:36I work for the government.
00:06:38Oh, well, lots of people do that at home, too.
00:06:41So one here.
00:06:42Pardon.
00:06:45Well, uh, I have to change my costume.
00:06:51Imagine the impertinence.
00:06:53A complete stranger asking you to go with him to his villa without a sapron.
00:07:02I, too, have a villa only 50 kilometers from here.
00:07:06But would I ask you to go with me to it without a sapron?
00:07:11Oh, certainly not.
00:07:16Of course, at this hour, it might be difficult for me to find one.
00:07:22Well, uh, I could find a chaperone.
00:07:25You could?
00:07:26Sure.
00:07:28Georgie Hoskins and his California cowboy.
00:07:30All of them?
00:07:32Look, mister.
00:07:33Imperium.
00:07:35Imperium.
00:07:36Well, uh, thanks a lot, but good night.
00:07:43Mademoiselle, this is Italy.
00:07:47Out there is the Mediterranean.
00:07:50Over it, the most beautiful moon.
00:07:54Oh, I love Italy.
00:07:56And the Mediterranean.
00:07:57And the moon.
00:07:58Of course you do.
00:08:00And I get all of it.
00:08:01Every night, right from my balcony.
00:08:04I sit out there with a chicken sandwich and a glass of milk.
00:08:07All by myself and love it.
00:08:12What a waste of, uh, the Mediterranean.
00:08:18Well, uh, good night, mister Imperium.
00:08:22Good night, mademoiselle.
00:08:23You are married?
00:08:25Oh, not me.
00:08:26Oh, that is a pity.
00:08:28A great pity.
00:08:30Because if mademoiselle were madame,
00:08:32it would be quite correct for me to kiss her hand.
00:08:41Thus.
00:08:42But since mademoiselle is unmarried,
00:08:45one is only permitted to shake the hand.
00:08:48Thus.
00:08:50Well, uh, if I ever do get married,
00:08:53I'll let you know.
00:08:55Good night.
00:08:58Arrivederci.
00:09:00Arrivederci.
00:09:03I'll be seeing you.
00:09:24Hello, Giovanni.
00:09:26Buonasera, signorina.
00:09:28Chicken sandwich.
00:09:30Good.
00:09:30Glass of milk.
00:09:32Si mangia sempre la stessa cosa, signorina.
00:09:35Sempre la stessa cosa.
00:09:38Always the same thing.
00:09:40Brava, brava, signorina.
00:09:42Well, I'm learning.
00:09:48Grazie.
00:09:49Buonanotte, signorina.
00:09:50Buonanotte, Giovanni.
00:10:19Well, well, well.
00:10:21What a coincidence.
00:10:23Well, isn't it?
00:10:25And I don't think I like it.
00:10:27No?
00:10:28There was a nice couple living in that room.
00:10:30They were from Texas.
00:10:31Texas, eh?
00:10:32What happened to them?
00:10:33They are extremely happy in a deluxe suite.
00:10:36At the same price.
00:10:37I thought you had a villa near here.
00:10:39I do.
00:10:41It was no trouble to have my suitcases packed.
00:10:46Desidera qualche cos'altro?
00:10:48Altezza?
00:10:49No.
00:10:51Giovanni.
00:10:52Signorina.
00:10:52What was that you just said?
00:10:54Desidera qualche cos'altro?
00:10:57No, no.
00:10:57The last word.
00:10:59Altezza?
00:11:00Yes.
00:11:01What does it mean?
00:11:03It means, your royal highness.
00:11:07Why did he call you that?
00:11:09Oh, because of a very unfortunate accident.
00:11:11Accident?
00:11:12Of birth.
00:11:14Forgive me.
00:11:16But I am Prince Alexei de Laval de Corporon Docte.
00:11:20Prince Alexei de...
00:11:23Just call me Al.
00:11:38Your highness.
00:11:42Yes?
00:11:44This whole thing is what we call a set-up, isn't it?
00:11:48Yes.
00:11:49What I mean is, you've got plans.
00:11:52Yes.
00:11:53And this routine, you've used it many times before?
00:11:58Yes.
00:11:59Usually with great success.
00:12:01Oh, yes.
00:12:02But sometimes, but sometimes, oh, not often, I'm sure, but sometimes, a failure.
00:12:10Yes.
00:12:12I suppose I should have recognized you.
00:12:14You're picked it in the paper often enough.
00:12:16You're always winning medals for climbing mountains, aren't you?
00:12:23Yes.
00:12:26Yes.
00:12:26Well, your highness, I hope you realize you're not going to win any medals tonight.
00:12:34Yes.
00:12:39Well, as long as we understand each other, there is no reason why I should not sit here and enjoy
00:12:43the Mediterranean.
00:12:45The Mediterranean went fat-a-way.
00:12:48I am supremely content with the view.
00:12:56Perhaps I can tempt you with a little champagne.
00:12:59My friend, you can't tempt me, period.
00:13:03Period.
00:13:05Oh, not that I don't admire your technique, the lengths you go to.
00:13:10That man with a beard, and that baloney about a duel, and getting those nice Texas people to move.
00:13:17Champagne, caviar, the moonlight, the Mediterranean.
00:13:20Oh, I can't take no credit for the Mediterranean.
00:13:23Well, take a bow for putting it to good use.
00:13:34Oh, I knew there was something missing.
00:13:38Soft music.
00:13:40You do not like music?
00:13:41Oh, I love it.
00:13:43But, um, where are the violins?
00:13:46Violins?
00:13:47Well, a man who would think of everything would surely think of violins.
00:13:51Mademoiselle, I would consider violins extremely...
00:13:55As you say, corny.
00:14:22Your highness, I like the violin.
00:14:25Play beautifully.
00:14:32Let me look at you
00:14:41Soft against the sky
00:14:47Young and strong and sure of your heart
00:14:53Don't the less you possess
00:14:58Don't the less you possess
00:14:59A sonet tenderness
00:15:03Let me fall in love
00:15:09Let me breathe a sigh
00:15:15When I see such beauty and life
00:15:22When I see such beauty and life
00:15:23Then you ask me why
00:15:26I suddenly live in the sky
00:15:34With you in my sight
00:15:40With you in my sight
00:15:44So stand alone, please do
00:15:52And let me look at you
00:15:58And let me look at you
00:15:59To know
00:16:16Ever higher
00:16:18Ever higher
00:16:20Becomes my desire
00:16:25For you tonight
00:16:30For you tonight
00:16:31For you tonight
00:16:53When I see such beauty and life
00:16:59When I see such beauty and life
00:17:00When I see such beauty and life
00:17:00Can you ask me why
00:17:04I suddenly live in the sky
00:17:10I suddenly live in the sky
00:17:11I suddenly live in the sky
00:17:12With you in my sight
00:17:30With you in my sight
00:17:35As you in my sight
00:17:41With you in my sight
00:17:49That was charming
00:17:51Well, uh...
00:17:53Good night, you're...
00:17:53Al?
00:17:56Good night
00:17:56Oh, I can't call you Al
00:17:59But I may call you Frederica.
00:18:04Frederica Brown.
00:18:06It doesn't suit you, no.
00:18:08I shall call you Freda.
00:18:12Freda?
00:18:12It's an Italian word, but it describes you perfectly.
00:18:17Well, what does it mean?
00:18:18Oh, it's one of those untranslatable words.
00:18:21But believe me, my dear, it describes you.
00:18:25Freda.
00:18:26I like it.
00:18:29Oh.
00:18:33Well, good night.
00:18:38Arrivederci, Freda.
00:18:42Arrivederci.
00:19:08Freda Brown.
00:19:12Ladies and gentlemen, the kid from Albuquerque, Ms. Freda Brown.
00:19:17Hi, Freda.
00:19:30Cold, huh?
00:19:34Freda.
00:19:34It describes you perfectly.
00:19:40Well, of all the...
00:19:42...
00:19:56...
00:19:56...
00:19:56Come at it with C-Quattro per four.
00:20:08Hello?
00:20:12Fredda.
00:20:14Very funny.
00:20:16What?
00:20:17Fredda.
00:20:18Well, aren't you?
00:20:20Aren't I what?
00:20:22Very, very Fredda.
00:20:25Look, your highness, I'm a tired working girl.
00:20:30Where are you now?
00:20:31In my room.
00:20:33I know.
00:20:34But where?
00:20:36I'm at the telephone.
00:20:38Where is the telephone?
00:20:41It's over there on the desk.
00:20:43Over there on the desk?
00:20:45Strange.
00:20:47In my room is by the bed.
00:20:50So?
00:20:52So, I was thinking.
00:20:55Go on.
00:20:58I was thinking that since you do not trust me in the moonlight, perhaps tomorrow when the
00:21:05sun is shining, you would drive with me in my car, or we could sail in a little boat, or
00:21:13anything else you'd like to do.
00:21:15Nothing fatal ever happens in the sunshine.
00:21:19Well, perhaps, your highness, if you'll call me in the morning.
00:21:23Then you do trust me.
00:21:25Oh, yes.
00:21:26I trust you.
00:21:28Good night.
00:21:29Arrivederci.
00:21:35You do trust me.
00:21:37You do trust me.
00:21:40Oh, yes, your highness.
00:21:42I trust you.
00:22:10I trust you.
00:22:24THE END
00:22:48THE END
00:23:16THE END
00:23:23Well, where'd you find your little friend?
00:23:25He seems to have lost his father and mother.
00:23:29What was here once upon a time? A castle?
00:23:32Perhaps a watchtower built by the Saracens twelve hundred years ago.
00:23:36So that we could enjoy the view.
00:23:38Well, here comes his family.
00:23:42Buongiorno, signore. Buongiorno.
00:23:46Buongiorno, signorina.
00:23:47Well, buongiorno, Bambino.
00:23:49You insulted him.
00:23:51Insulted him?
00:23:52Bambino is baby. Ragazzo is boy.
00:23:55Buongiorno, ragazzo.
00:23:57Buongiorno, signorina.
00:23:59He is no longer insulted.
00:24:05Buongiorno, Al.
00:24:08Buongiorno, Fredda.
00:24:12Caro nome.
00:24:15Pretty name?
00:24:16Dear name.
00:24:20Dear name.
00:24:24Clara mia.
00:24:27My dear.
00:24:29My dear.
00:24:33The only Italian I knew before I came here was spaghetti and ravioli.
00:24:38And now you know pizza and antipasto.
00:24:45I know one more Italian word.
00:24:49Andiamo.
00:24:50Andiamo.
00:24:51But andiamo means let's go.
00:24:54That's right, dear.
00:24:56Let's go.
00:24:57Let's go.
00:25:07Let's go.
00:25:10Let's go.
00:25:12Oh, I forgot.
00:25:14He's in Italian, don't you?
00:25:16Oh.
00:25:16What was that new word you were teaching me?
00:25:19Andiamo.
00:25:20That's right.
00:25:22Andiamo.
00:25:26Andiamo, andiamo.
00:25:28My bambina, let's go.
00:25:30Caro mio, look around you, what a beautiful show.
00:25:34So come with me presto, caro nome, my love.
00:25:39The sun is high above.
00:25:46Andiamo, andiamo, andiamo for a glorious spring.
00:25:49How alegro, how ivace, how alive is the spring.
00:25:53And we are alive to each other and so.
00:26:24Andiamo, andiamo.
00:26:25Andiamo, andiamo.
00:26:53Andiamo.
00:26:55Andiamo.
00:26:56Andiamo.
00:27:13Andiamo.
00:27:14Andiamo.
00:27:17Andiamo.
00:27:19Andiamo.
00:27:22Andiamo.
00:27:38Andiamo.
00:27:40Andiamo.
00:27:51Andiamo.
00:27:53Andiamo.
00:27:54Andiamo.
00:27:54Andiamo.
00:28:20Andiamo.
00:28:22Andiamo, andiamo.
00:29:18Oh, è bello.
00:29:21Oh, è bello.
00:29:21È bello.
00:29:22On a clear day, you can see Corsica.
00:29:25Gosh, if the kid's back in Albuquerque,
00:29:27he could see me now.
00:29:29Do you come here very often?
00:29:31Yes, very often.
00:29:34Oh?
00:29:35Who is?
00:29:36My little son.
00:29:40Tell me about your son.
00:29:42What would you like to know?
00:29:45Well, does he look like you?
00:29:47Oh.
00:29:49By not coincidence,
00:29:51I just happened to have these with me.
00:29:53Oh.
00:29:56Oh.
00:29:57How old is he?
00:29:58Not yet six.
00:30:00And he rides?
00:30:01Like one of your cowboys.
00:30:03I taught him.
00:30:05What's he doing there?
00:30:06Playing chess with my father.
00:30:08The king.
00:30:13I taught him to box too.
00:30:14You did?
00:30:15Indeed I did.
00:30:17And you know what happened?
00:30:18He got into a fight with the Gardner's boy.
00:30:20Eight years old.
00:30:22Three inches taller.
00:30:23Well, that wasn't so funny.
00:30:25But it was.
00:30:26It was terribly funny.
00:30:28One punch from the Gardner's boy
00:30:30and my little prince got two beautiful black eyes.
00:30:33Yes.
00:30:35He told me he fell in the bus stop.
00:30:39You must be proud of him.
00:30:41Very proud.
00:30:43I bet he's proud of you too.
00:30:45For a whole year.
00:30:47After we lost his mother,
00:30:48I never left the palace.
00:30:51It gave us a chance to become wonderful friends.
00:30:57What does he want to be when he grows up?
00:31:00Oh, I mean.
00:31:01A lawyer's son may be an engineer.
00:31:03A doctor's son may be a price fighter.
00:31:08But when one is born in the shadow of a throne,
00:31:12one dies in that shadow.
00:31:15You don't want him to be a king?
00:31:17I do not.
00:31:20But if he were a good king and he ruled wisely.
00:31:24A king does not rule.
00:31:27He is only a symbol.
00:31:29I do not wish my son to be a symbol.
00:31:33And you?
00:31:36You do not want to be a king?
00:31:38No.
00:31:39I don't want to be a king.
00:31:42But for me, it's too late.
00:31:44All my life, I've accepted the privilege of a prince.
00:31:48Therefore, I cannot search the duties of a king.
00:31:52When I was a little girl,
00:31:53I remember a story about a little boy.
00:31:56An ordinary little boy.
00:31:58One fine day,
00:31:58he discovered that he had been changed into a prince.
00:32:02Well, why can't it be the other way around?
00:32:06Perhaps it can.
00:32:14You do not miss the police and that come.
00:32:22Go in.
00:32:28I'll save myself not with my son...
00:32:31Come on.
00:32:33You do not miss the raz.
00:32:35Who'?
00:32:36You do not miss the maid.
00:32:37You do not miss...
00:32:37Oh, my love and my love are through the other side.
00:32:50What do, what do, what do, my life?
00:32:52Giovanni, mi devi fare un grande favore.
00:32:55Di alla signorina Brown che sono andato a Genova,
00:32:57ma che vi tornerà in tempo per il nostro chicken sandwich e glass of milk.
00:33:01Ma benissimo, Altezza.
00:33:01Non ti dimenticare, è importantissimo.
00:33:04No, Altezza.
00:33:04Da questo fiore alla signorina Brown.
00:33:27Da questo fiore alla signorina Brown.
00:33:37What is it, Bernardo? What is so urgent?
00:33:39It's your power.
00:33:40Serious?
00:33:41Desperately.
00:33:41Why didn't your telegram say this?
00:33:43With your oil hands out of the country, again, I'll put it in the wire.
00:33:46Bernardo, first I must send a message to Rapallo.
00:33:48I beg you, sir, every minute counts.
00:33:50A piece of paper, Bernardo, a pen, a pencil.
00:33:59Fernand, take my car.
00:34:02Go to the Riviera Hotel in Rapallo and deliver this note to...
00:34:06Miss Frederica Brown?
00:34:09Miss Frederica Brown?
00:34:09Your activities are seldom secret, sir.
00:34:13But a note is hardly necessary.
00:34:16I will handle this matter with my usual discretion.
00:34:20This matter, as you choose to call it, is not usual.
00:34:24You will deliver this note to Miss Brown and follow me on the earliest plane.
00:34:28As you wish, sir.
00:34:52You will deliver this note to Miss Brown and follow me on the earliest plane.
00:35:15Miss Brown and follow me on the earliest plane.
00:35:17Oh, but I expected...
00:35:19I know.
00:35:19You are Miss Brown?
00:35:21Yes.
00:35:21My name is Bernand.
00:35:23I hope you will forgive this intrusion, but I come to you with a message from His Royal
00:35:27Highness.
00:35:28Was something wrong?
00:35:29I'm afraid so.
00:35:32Three days ago, His Majesty, His Royal Highness's father, became seriously ill.
00:35:38This morning, his condition became critical.
00:35:41Naturally, he would want his son and heir at his side.
00:35:44Oh, naturally.
00:35:45On learning of the seriousness of the situation, His Royal Highness was compelled to leave without
00:35:51benefit of goodbyes.
00:35:52I see.
00:35:54I see.
00:35:55His Majesty is not expected to live.
00:35:58Hence, His Royal Highness will become our king.
00:36:04I, by the way, I'm His Majesty's Prime Minister, and I've brought you...
00:36:09A letter?
00:36:11His Royal Highness's regrets.
00:36:15I suppose with practice, one should become callous to new situations, but somehow I never
00:36:22find them easy.
00:36:25What is it that you don't find easy?
00:36:27To, uh, say his au revoirs.
00:36:31His Royal Highness is so sentimental.
00:36:34Goodbyes become impossible for him.
00:36:38Fortunately, you are an American.
00:36:41Americans are practical, Mademoiselle.
00:36:44If you knew what I've been through with some of these European women...
00:36:49You have my sympathy.
00:36:51I've always heard that European women are very...
00:36:56Impractical.
00:36:58I see you are about to enjoy your supper, Mademoiselle.
00:37:01Good appetite and goodbye.
00:37:04Oh, I almost forgot.
00:37:07If, when Mademoiselle is in Paris, she would pair this Ducati and select, say, some modest jewel
00:37:15that might catch her fancy, His Royal Highness would be very grateful.
00:37:20Good night, Mademoiselle.
00:37:24Mademoiselle.
00:37:56Tradition, s'il vous plaît.
00:37:58Voilà, monsieur.
00:37:59Combien?
00:37:59150 francs.
00:38:01Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
00:38:02Oh, merci, monsieur.
00:38:21A Hollywood.
00:38:54Wait for me.
00:38:54I'll be about ten minutes.
00:38:56All right, Mr. Hunter.
00:39:04Hello, Mr. Hunter.
00:39:05Hello, Mac.
00:39:06Not through shooting the test yet.
00:39:07They have just finished the last shot, sir.
00:39:10Anna?
00:39:11Anna?
00:39:12Anna!
00:39:13Yeah, yeah, madame.
00:39:14Oh, what time is it?
00:39:15Oh, at the 11th.
00:39:17Oh, I'll just about make it.
00:39:18Right on.
00:39:20Oh, hello, darling.
00:39:22I want to talk to you.
00:39:24I want to talk to you, too.
00:39:25Well, let me get out of this, and I'll be right with you.
00:39:36We've got to move fast.
00:39:37Yes, madame.
00:39:38Did you talk to Palm Springs?
00:39:39Yes, madame.
00:39:39Everything arranged?
00:39:41Everything, madame.
00:39:42Did you check for the airport?
00:39:43No, madame.
00:39:44It was too early.
00:39:45But, uh, I think by now we can get any information.
00:39:48No, wait, Anna.
00:39:50You're not going with me, madame?
00:39:53No, I'm driving down alone.
00:39:55But, uh, I have engaged the rooms for two, one for madame and one for me.
00:40:01I know, Anna, but, uh, I've never kept any secrets from you, have I?
00:40:06Never, madame.
00:40:07Well, I'm keeping a secret from you now.
00:40:12I know, madame.
00:40:14What do you know?
00:40:15That ever since you received a telephone call from Paris, madame has been full of very much secrets.
00:40:23But, I understand.
00:40:24Well, if you do, and you just might, you'll see that no one else does.
00:40:28Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no one, madame.
00:40:32Come in, Paul.
00:40:35Have a cup of coffee, darling, while I change.
00:40:38Anna, my beautiful, I'd like to be alone with Miss Barlow.
00:40:41You know, monsieur, I do not understand English.
00:40:44Anna.
00:40:45Anna.
00:40:46Yes, madame.
00:40:46Why don't you make that phone call?
00:40:48Outside.
00:40:49Yes, madame.
00:40:50I thought you didn't understand English.
00:40:52Not one word.
00:40:57What do you think of Bolton?
00:40:59He's a good actor.
00:41:00I thought he was great.
00:41:02I think we ought to look further.
00:41:04Oh, but we've tested over 20.
00:41:06I brought them from New York, from London, from anywhere I can find them.
00:41:10This fellow Bolton's played all the kings there are.
00:41:13Richard, Henry, Lear.
00:41:16Just what is it you're looking for?
00:41:19Something.
00:41:20When I find it, I'll know.
00:41:22Do this for me, darling.
00:41:23Uh-huh.
00:41:26Look, honey, I want to talk to you about something.
00:41:28Yes?
00:41:29This is our third picture together.
00:41:32I think it's going to be our best.
00:41:34I think so, too.
00:41:35When you first brought me this story, frankly, I was again, an American girl falls in love
00:41:39with a king.
00:41:40It seemed, um, old-fashioned.
00:41:43Now, somehow, I believe it.
00:41:46I've always believed it, Pa.
00:41:51Okay.
00:41:52So, this is our third picture together.
00:41:54Still no contract, just a handshake.
00:41:56What's wrong with a handshake?
00:41:57Nothing.
00:41:58I like it.
00:42:00Gives me a chance to hold your hand.
00:42:03But look, Fred, that fellow's got to make plans.
00:42:06How about a handshake for three, or, say, five?
00:42:10Why not ten pictures more?
00:42:12So that's what's worrying you.
00:42:14Look, darling, a star can't get any better than the best, and you're the best.
00:42:19Now, why in the world would I ever want to go anyplace else?
00:42:22Yeah, that's fine.
00:42:24That's fine, but there's a little more to it than that.
00:42:27Look, Freda.
00:42:30Five pictures, ten pictures, ten years, twenty years, there's still all that time.
00:42:36All that time between pictures when I don't even see you.
00:42:39Doesn't make sense.
00:42:41I'm going to work together or to be together.
00:42:43Not just at the studio, not just for dinner.
00:42:48Pa, are you asking me to marry you?
00:42:51I'm not asking you to run for Congress.
00:42:54Oh, why didn't you wait until Monday?
00:42:59Known each other three years, this is Friday, you should have waited until Monday.
00:43:06Okay, honey, I'll compromise.
00:43:08Give me your answer tonight.
00:43:15I can't see you tonight.
00:43:17No?
00:43:19No, I'm going out of town.
00:43:21Oh, where are you going?
00:43:23I'll be back Monday.
00:43:25Monday?
00:43:27Or sooner.
00:43:28And on Monday, I say to you, please, Miss Barnard, will you marry me?
00:43:33Will you, Paul?
00:43:36I don't vote for someone else over the weekend.
00:43:40If you don't.
00:43:45That's fair.
00:43:47Handshake?
00:43:49Handshake.
00:43:50Goodbye.
00:43:52That had been away from Monday, too.
00:43:55Maybe you're right.
00:44:02Maybe you're right.
00:44:04I don't care.
00:44:06I don't care.
00:44:09I don't care.
00:44:13I don't care.
00:44:40Palm Springs, 1497.
00:44:55Hello, hello Mrs. Carbat, this is Anna, Anna, Miss Barlow's maid, for three hours I am calling
00:45:04you from Los Angeles, no, no, no, Miss Barlow, she should be there any minute now, or me, no,
00:45:11I am not coming, I am sick, very sick, Miss Barlow wants you to know she wants only one room,
00:45:24no, no, no, she does not want you to lose money, if you cannot rent the other room, she will
00:45:30pay for it, but please, please you try to rent the other room, well I'll see what I can
00:45:37do, goodbye, Gwen, Gwen, yes Aunt Mary, her maid just phoned, she's not coming, she's coming,
00:45:47but she only wants one room, really, please put these in the east room, I'll put these
00:45:52back in the living closet, what clock's right for a change, nevertheless, put the towels in
00:45:59the east room, yes Auntie, that's her, the east room, Gwen, yes Auntie, my aunt Cabot, I'm
00:46:16Mrs. Cabot, ah, one may enter, of course, my name is Imperium, Imperium, I thought that's
00:46:34what you said, Imperium, I have just arrived from Paris, from Paris, well that seems extraordinary,
00:46:45it is my understanding, madame, that you have a room for rent, well how do you hear about
00:46:49us, if we don't advertise, well you see in Paris, it was very cold and very wet, I heard your
00:46:55desert was very warm and very dry, I like warm, madame, oh we're very warm here, the weather
00:47:02that is, well the weather is what I refer to, madame, I thought that's what you meant, and
00:47:07so madame, I boarded the plane, flew to Palm Springs, but unfortunately without reservations, I have
00:47:13tried half a dozen different hotels, and at one of them, one of the clerks said that you
00:47:18occasionally rented rooms, and here we are, well it just so happens, by the
00:47:24merest coincidence, that I do have a vacancy, good, I get my back, oh they're all right out
00:47:29there, come with me, I'll show you what I've got, it may not be elegant enough for you, but
00:47:36a home I find, usually reflects the personality of each occupant, in this instance I have no
00:47:43fears madame, oh that's nice of you to say that, Mr.
00:47:46Carrier, it was nothing madame, nothing at all, this is the west room, it's just the same as
00:47:54the east room, except it's uh, it's uh, west, yes, these are the beds, oh the beds, you can
00:48:01sleep, neither one you like, good, good, uh, the dressing room's over there, you don't
00:48:06have to pay attention to that door, never, it leads into the other room, but the door's
00:48:09bolted on both sides, a wise precaution, I'm sorry there isn't anyone to get your bags
00:48:14for you, you'll have to bring them in yourself, of course, mademoiselle, who is he?
00:48:27Mr. Imperium, who? That's what he said, Imperium, there's no such name, it's his, there must be,
00:48:36I was just thinking, he's somebody, I don't know, first of all I thought he was a foreign movie star
00:48:41like Charles Boyer, he's not Charles Boyer, well anyway he looks like an actor, if he is one,
00:48:48Miss Barlow will know who he is, definitely, I'll ask her, you'll do nothing of that sort, get your
00:48:53feet up the bed, but auntie, the only reason she comes here is because it's so quiet, no one ever
00:48:58bothers her
00:48:58asking her questions, including you, what's going to bother him?
00:49:07Oh, uh, Mr. Imperium, there's my niece, Gwendolyn.
00:49:12Mademoiselle, delighted. How do you do? Oh, just saying to auntie, I know I've seen you before, your picture
00:49:16or something? Uh, Gwendolyn. Oh, I don't mean to be rude, Mr. Imperium, but haven't I?
00:49:21Perhaps, mademoiselle, in another life we were friends. Oh, Mr. Imperium, what a perfectly dream he thought.
00:49:28Uh, Gwendolyn, if we're going to the movies tonight, you've got your homework to do.
00:49:31Yes, auntie. Now, darling. Yes, auntie. Au revoir. Au revoir.
00:49:41Of course, you don't realize it, but if you'd have arrived just one minute earlier, I wouldn't have had a
00:49:45room for you.
00:49:46Oh, fantastic. Yes, sir. She canceled her room just before you rang the doorbell.
00:49:51You see, she always reserves both rooms. That's why she won't be disturbed or run to strangers and things.
00:49:55But at exactly one minute two, her maid called, and then the clock struck three.
00:50:00Whose maid? Miss Barlow. Fred the Barlow.
00:50:03Fred the Barlow. Oh, yes. You've seen him? In person? On the screen.
00:50:08Oh, my dear, that's what you see in person. She's even more beautiful and young.
00:50:12Where's her plan to make up? Just a little lipstick, maybe a bit of powder.
00:50:15Don't tell the truth, down here, she just lies out in the sun with nothing on.
00:50:18Look, no makeup on you. I do hope I made me what she was talking about.
00:50:21I can't understand her giving up one of the rooms.
00:50:24Seems so peculiar because money can't mean anything to her.
00:50:27You'll forgive me if I don't introduce her to Miss Barlow.
00:50:29She's really very sweet and nothing grand about her.
00:50:31But we have sort of an understanding. We never introduce her to anyone.
00:50:35I will be very undemocratic, madame.
00:50:38Auntie! Auntie! She's here!
00:50:40Oh, will you excuse me, please? I thought you'd greet Miss Barlow.
00:50:43Oh, well, you forgot to tell me how long you want the room.
00:50:47Until the 17th.
00:50:48The 17th. That'll be Monday.
00:50:51Would it?
00:50:51Oh, well, today's Friday.
00:50:53Is it?
00:50:53Oh, yes, of course. The 17th will be Monday.
00:50:56Oh, thank you, Miss Imperium.
00:51:14Oh, dear. What is this?
00:51:16Mr. Imperium.
00:51:18Mr. Imperium?
00:51:19That's what he says his name is.
00:51:22I knew he was a foreigner, but didn't know his sign.
00:51:24Maybe I should have. Most of them do, I suppose.
00:51:27I don't mind, Mr. Cabin.
00:51:29Do you love me?
00:51:35A thousand pardons, madame.
00:51:38Of course.
00:51:46It was the strangest thing, Miss Barlow.
00:51:48Just after I hung up the phone and I talked to your maid, the bell rang, there stood Mr. Imperium.
00:51:54Wasn't it the most amazing coincidence?
00:51:56Amazing.
00:51:58Gwen, will you please put these in the bathroom?
00:52:02Yes, Auntie.
00:52:04Oh, dear.
00:52:05He's singing again.
00:52:07Will you excuse me, Miss Barlow?
00:52:11Barlow?
00:52:12Yes, Gwen?
00:52:14Where is he?
00:52:15Who?
00:52:16Mr. Imperium.
00:52:18I don't believe there is such a name.
00:52:20Perhaps not.
00:52:22And yet I know I've seen him in something.
00:52:25In something?
00:52:26The movies, I mean.
00:52:28Of course, he's not a star. We'd have known right away who he is.
00:52:30But he must be an actor. I can tell.
00:52:33I know I've seen him, Miss Barlow. I just know I've seen him.
00:52:36Well, perhaps you have.
00:52:38But at any rate, I shall see no one for the next few hours.
00:52:41I'm exhausted.
00:52:43May I draw the drapes for you?
00:52:45That would be wonderful.
00:52:50He is good looking, isn't he?
00:52:52Who?
00:52:53Mr. Imperium.
00:52:55Well, I'm afraid I didn't notice.
00:52:58Well, if there's nothing else I can do.
00:53:00Nothing else, thank you.
00:53:08I ask him not to sing anymore.
00:53:10He was very nice about it.
00:53:12Well, why didn't you do that?
00:53:13Well, so you can rest, Miss Barlow.
00:53:15Oh, well, that was kind of you.
00:53:16And of him.
00:53:17Well, rest well.
00:53:19I'll try.
00:53:20I'll try.
00:53:25Well, that's good to be.
00:53:26I'll try.
00:53:27I'll try.
00:53:46Well, I'll try.
00:53:57Frederica Brown.
00:54:01Your Majesty.
00:54:05For twelve years I have waited for this moment.
00:54:09Why have you waited so long?
00:54:12All through the war I was a prisoner of my appellate.
00:54:16I know.
00:54:18I prayed for you.
00:54:21Then there was the revolution of the government in exile in Paris.
00:54:25When I learned what Bernard had done to us and I was free to look for you,
00:54:30there was no Frederica Brown.
00:54:34But my name hadn't changed.
00:54:36I was easy to find.
00:54:40So many times I wanted to write.
00:54:42Why didn't you?
00:54:44It took a long time for me to forget.
00:54:47A long time to fall in love with someone else.
00:54:50Someone else?
00:54:52Then the phone rang and the operator said Paris calling.
00:54:58And then I heard your voice.
00:55:01And I hadn't forgotten you at all.
00:55:03Oh, that's what I waited to hear.
00:55:09What is it, Freda?
00:55:13Well, only that even in Hollywood we do read the newspapers.
00:55:19And what do you read?
00:55:22That next Tuesday there will be a plebiscite.
00:55:25So people will go to the polls to vote you back onto the throne.
00:55:30You'll be a king again.
00:55:32And I...
00:55:33So that's it.
00:55:37On Tuesday night there will be a plebiscite.
00:55:40And my people will go to the polls.
00:55:42But they will vote against me because by that time they'll know I am here with you to stay.
00:55:49If you'll let me.
00:55:54But where is he now?
00:55:56Who?
00:55:57Bernard.
00:55:58Oh.
00:55:58In Paris.
00:55:59So busy with his government in exile.
00:56:02Probably going out of his mind trying to find me.
00:56:06He found you once before.
00:56:08This time I have been too clever.
00:56:11No one knows I am here except your state department.
00:56:15So, my darling.
00:56:17On Tuesday night there will be a king without a throne.
00:56:22A commoner.
00:56:24In love with the queen.
00:56:32She's still resting.
00:56:34She must have been tired.
00:56:35Mr. Imperium was tired too.
00:56:38The desert air.
00:56:39That's a new name for us.
00:56:41What are you talking about Gwen?
00:56:43Oh auntie.
00:56:44Don't be so unsophisticated.
00:56:46Shh Gwen.
00:56:47Oh.
00:56:48Good evening Miss Barlow.
00:56:49Good evening Mrs. Cabot.
00:56:50Gwen.
00:56:51Won't you join us?
00:56:52Oh no thank you.
00:56:53Well there's plenty here.
00:56:54We're going to the movie afterwards.
00:56:56Would you like to go with us?
00:56:57Oh thanks very much.
00:56:58But it's such a lovely night.
00:56:59I thought I'd take a little drive and get a bite of dinner and then come back to bed.
00:57:02I hope Mr. Imperium's all right.
00:57:04We haven't seen him since I showed him the room.
00:57:07My love and my mule are two of a kind.
00:57:12What to do, what to do, what to do.
00:57:14My love like my mule.
00:57:19Forgive me madame.
00:57:20I forgot my promise.
00:57:22I think you've got a wonderful voice Mr. Imperium.
00:57:24You could be an opera.
00:57:26Oh you flatter me mademoiselle.
00:57:29I'll bet without my accent you would all think me a cowboy.
00:57:33Or even with the accent.
00:57:35Oh what a wonderful evening.
00:57:37Everybody pay me compliments.
00:57:39That's a very old song.
00:57:41Where'd you learn it?
00:57:42In Italy madame.
00:57:43And you remembered it.
00:57:44It was sung not too well mind you.
00:57:49By a very beautiful woman.
00:57:51I remembered the woman and therefore the song.
00:57:54Oh I think that's charming Mr. Imperium.
00:57:56Don't you miss Barlow.
00:57:59Oh charming.
00:58:00Not original mind you.
00:58:02But charming.
00:58:04Madame.
00:58:05There is so much originality in the world and so little charm.
00:58:10For example.
00:58:11For example.
00:58:12For us to dine together would not be very original.
00:58:16But it would be charming.
00:58:18Well the restaurants here are rather limited.
00:58:21To me Mr. Imperium you suggest caviar, champagne.
00:58:26On the contrary madame.
00:58:29I am the chicken sandwich in the glass of milk type.
00:58:32Well we can do better than that.
00:58:34There's a little place halfway up the mountain.
00:58:36Charcoal broiled steaks.
00:58:38Oh Miss Barlow you have talked me into it.
00:58:41Madame, mademoiselle.
00:58:43My love and my mule are too over time.
00:58:47What to do, what to do, what to do.
00:58:49We didn't even introduce them.
00:58:51Shh.
00:58:53I tell you auntie there's something squidgy about the whole thing.
00:58:58Squidgy?
00:58:59In the first place.
00:59:01Giving up the room.
00:59:02Then going off with him, a stranger, just like that.
00:59:05And why should a foreigner sing cowboy songs?
00:59:07I don't know dear.
00:59:10But your uncle was an American and he loved to sing O Solomeo.
00:59:14Of course that was different.
00:59:16He really never knew the words.
00:59:22I must find some way to make a living.
00:59:25We think inventory.
00:59:27I could teach dancing, singing, boxing, chess, horseback riding.
00:59:37But I don't like to teach.
00:59:43What about an antique shop?
00:59:46Cool.
00:59:47I take old clocks and make them into lamps.
00:59:50I take old lamps and make them into clocks.
00:59:57A restaurant.
00:59:59Why didn't we think of this before?
01:00:02A restaurant right in Beverly Hills.
01:00:05The King's Chopper.
01:00:06No.
01:00:08Al's place.
01:00:11But I am not worried.
01:00:13In America, your success story is very common.
01:00:17Like your Paul Hunter.
01:00:19I read in the magazine he started by selling newspapers in the street.
01:00:23They say that about most successful men, but in Paul's case it happens to be true.
01:00:28Tell me more about him.
01:00:29What do you want to know?
01:00:31Everything.
01:00:32Well, he's tall, dark, intelligent, and sometimes quite handsome.
01:00:39Dark?
01:00:40And he's in love with me.
01:00:43And who is not?
01:00:49Tell me about your new picture.
01:00:52What is the story?
01:00:55An American girl falls in love with a king.
01:00:59What a coincidence.
01:01:01Isn't it?
01:01:03Who will play this king?
01:01:04We don't know.
01:01:05We've tested more than a dozen actors, but there's always something missing.
01:01:14Freda.
01:01:15How would I photograph?
01:01:17How would you photograph?
01:01:19For a thousand years, actors have grown wealthy playing kings.
01:01:24It would be a beautiful event.
01:01:27Beautiful.
01:01:29What a wonderful country this America.
01:01:32Only a few moments ago, I am a lowly restaurant proprietor.
01:01:38Now, I am the star of the picture.
01:01:42Co-star, darling.
01:01:44Well, with my new success I can afford to be generous.
01:01:49In this picture, do I make love to you?
01:01:52Oh, yes.
01:01:54I think I can do that, too.
01:01:56Very convincingly.
01:01:58You're serious.
01:02:00Never have I been more serious in all my life.
01:02:04But perhaps your Paul will think I am not the type.
01:02:08My Paul has a wonderful eye for talent.
01:02:10Everything okay, folks?
01:02:12You have no idea how okay.
01:02:14Would you mind, Miss Barlow?
01:02:15Not at all.
01:02:21Thank you very much.
01:02:23Next year, I will sign the autograph book.
01:02:29Well, hello.
01:02:31Hello, Miss Barlow.
01:02:32Nice to see you.
01:02:33Hello.
01:02:35Mr. Imperium, I want you to meet the Guadalajara trio.
01:02:38How do you do?
01:02:39When do you start your picture, Miss Barlow?
01:02:41He means when we work.
01:02:43Well, it won't be long now.
01:02:44You have found someone to play the king?
01:02:46I think we have.
01:02:47Well, yes.
01:02:50Besides making love to you, I also sing.
01:02:52Oh, I'm afraid you do, darling.
01:02:53In what language?
01:02:54Well, you do one number in Spanish.
01:02:56Why?
01:02:57Because these are my friends and I want to give them a job.
01:02:59Oh!
01:03:00I suppose I ask them if they know such and such a song and they will answer yes.
01:03:04Well, if they answered no, there wouldn't be any song.
01:03:06Oh, that's right.
01:03:07Okay, okay, okay.
01:03:08Let's see now.
01:03:09Let's see.
01:03:09Do you know...
01:03:12Solamente una vez...
01:03:17Amé la vida...
01:03:18Solamente una vez...
01:03:22Amé la vida...
01:03:27Solamente una vez...
01:03:32Y nada más...
01:03:38Una vez nada más...
01:03:41En mi huerto brilló la esperanza...
01:03:47La esperanza que alumbra el camino de mi soledad...
01:03:55Una vez nada más...
01:04:01Se entregue el alma...
01:04:05Con la dulce y total...
01:04:08Con la dulce y total...
01:04:08Con la dulce y total...
01:04:10Con la dulce y total...
01:04:11Con la dulce y total...
01:04:14Renunciación...
01:04:16Una vez nada más...
01:04:19En mi huerto brilló la esperanza...
01:04:24La esperanza que alumbra el camino de mi soledad...
01:04:34Now you do one in English.
01:04:35Oh, I am a king.
01:04:36I can sing in every language.
01:04:37You belong to my heart...
01:04:44Now and forever...
01:04:49And our love had its start...
01:04:52So long ago...
01:04:59We were gathering stars...
01:05:02While a million guitars played our love song...
01:05:08When I said I love you...
01:05:11Every bit of my heart said it too...
01:05:16My heart said it too...
01:05:18T'was a moment like this...
01:05:24Do you remember...
01:05:27Do you remember...
01:05:28And your eyes threw a kiss...
01:05:33When they met mine...
01:05:39Now we own all the stars...
01:05:42And a million guitars...
01:05:44Are still playing...
01:05:49Darling, you are the song...
01:05:52And you'll always belong...
01:06:00To my home...
01:06:03You belong...
01:06:05To my heart...
01:06:11Bravo!
01:06:12Bravo!
01:06:13Good afternoon.
01:06:15Good afternoon.
01:06:15Good afternoon.
01:06:15Good afternoon.
01:06:16Good afternoon.
01:06:17Do you notice her car isn't here yet?
01:06:20Maybe she put it around on the other side of the house.
01:06:22Oh, Auntie...
01:06:24They aren't home.
01:06:26Their doors are still open in her lighthouse.
01:06:28And it's after 11.
01:06:30Yes, it does.
01:06:32It doesn't take that long.
01:06:34It doesn't take that long for what?
01:06:35To eat steak and potatoes.
01:06:37They might have gone for a drive.
01:06:39There's nothing restful about a drive.
01:06:42Well, she said she came down here to rest.
01:06:44Well, she rested all afternoon.
01:06:45How do you know?
01:06:47The drapes are drawn.
01:06:48So were his.
01:06:49So were his what?
01:06:51Drapes drawn.
01:06:52He rested, too.
01:06:54I wonder.
01:06:57Gwen, dear, it isn't good for you to wonder so much.
01:07:00But I do wonder, Auntie.
01:07:03What about, for goodness sakes?
01:07:06Oh, Auntie.
01:07:07I don't mean to be rude.
01:07:08Really, I don't.
01:07:09But...
01:07:10Well, I guess...
01:07:11I guess when you get older, you just get naive.
01:07:14Really?
01:07:16What would you say if the doors between their rooms were unlocked?
01:07:20No.
01:07:21Well, they couldn't be dear luck to myself this morning.
01:07:24But suppose they were unlocked now.
01:07:27Oh, good heavens, Gwen, no.
01:07:28There's one way to find out.
01:07:30Come on.
01:07:37You belong to my heart, now and forever.
01:07:45And our love had its start so long ago.
01:07:50Oh.
01:07:51Una vez nada mas.
01:07:54Oh.
01:07:55Oh, I've done it again.
01:07:56Forgive me.
01:07:57I really meant to keep my promise.
01:07:59Oh, that's all right, Mr. Imperium.
01:08:01You sounded so happy.
01:08:03Happy?
01:08:04How could one help but be happy?
01:08:06To drive through the night with so beautiful a companion.
01:08:10Of course I am happy.
01:08:11And are you happy too, Miss Barlow?
01:08:13I?
01:08:14Oh, ever so happy.
01:08:15Full of good food, clean desert air.
01:08:19And all of a sudden I'm utterly exhausted.
01:08:21Oh, and I too.
01:08:23What a wonderful place to rest, this desert.
01:08:27Well, good night, Miss Barlow.
01:08:30And thank you so much for a delightful evening.
01:08:34I enjoyed it.
01:08:35Good night, and blessed be the coincidence.
01:08:39Who knows what may happen next.
01:08:44Good night.
01:08:44Oh, Miss Barlow.
01:08:48I hope he hasn't made a bore of himself.
01:08:50Oh, no, Miss Cabot.
01:08:52Bore is hardly the word.
01:08:53What is the word, Miss Barlow?
01:08:56The word?
01:08:57I never could find the right word when I wanted it.
01:09:00But believe me, my dear, it isn't bore.
01:09:02Good night.
01:09:03Good night.
01:09:05There, you see?
01:09:06He's gone to his room, and she's on her way to hers.
01:09:10I can't imagine what makes you think the things you do.
01:09:14Maybe it's your asthma.
01:09:16Squidgy.
01:09:18Come on.
01:09:19It's time to go to bed.
01:09:28Long distance, please.
01:09:31I want Beverly Hills, Crestview.
01:09:335-4-1-2-4.
01:09:361-4-9-7.
01:09:39I'm calling Paul.
01:09:41It's pretty late.
01:09:43Well, he has a phone by his bed.
01:09:44Oh, he has, I see.
01:09:46Well, I imagine he has.
01:09:48Most executives do, you know.
01:09:50Oh, I didn't know.
01:09:51Well, now you do.
01:09:54Hello.
01:09:55Hello, Paul.
01:09:56Did I wake you?
01:09:58No?
01:09:59Oh, I'm glad.
01:10:01You don't?
01:10:03Oh, that's sweet of you, darling.
01:10:06What, darling?
01:10:07Oh, yes, darling.
01:10:10Of course, darling.
01:10:12Show business.
01:10:13Everybody calls everybody darling.
01:10:15Oh.
01:10:16What, darling?
01:10:17No, no, I was just talking to a friend.
01:10:21Well, you don't know him, Paul.
01:10:23He's a very old friend.
01:10:26And Paul is the most extraordinary thing, but he would be absolutely marvelous as the king.
01:10:33She wants him to play the king.
01:10:35The terrible part is his majesty would be superb.
01:10:38Yes, pretty, yes.
01:10:39I have every confidence in your enthusiasm, but, um, why didn't you suggest him before?
01:10:47He wasn't available.
01:10:49Now, Mr. Hunter, you see how serious this is.
01:10:52How important it is that something should be done at once.
01:10:55No, no, I've got too much at stake.
01:10:56Freda must make her own decision.
01:10:58What's that, brother?
01:10:59I said we'll come in tonight.
01:11:00Right.
01:11:01And call Anna for me.
01:11:02Will you, darling?
01:11:03Tell her to prepare the guest room?
01:11:06Well, I...
01:11:07I'm only being hospitable.
01:11:10And then, Paul, be at my house at ten in the morning.
01:11:13Please do.
01:11:15What?
01:11:17Well, yes, I know tomorrow isn't Monday.
01:11:22Well, I can't talk about it on the phone.
01:11:26You haven't?
01:11:29I...
01:11:31Well, not now, darling.
01:11:32Please.
01:11:33That's right.
01:11:34In the morning.
01:11:35At ten.
01:11:37Goodbye.
01:11:41He stayed home all evening.
01:11:43Why?
01:11:45He said he didn't want to take the chance of falling in love with someone else.
01:11:49Obviously, no gambler.
01:11:52Darling, we've got to pack and drive to Beverly Hills.
01:11:56And we'd better get started before we...
01:11:58Before we what?
01:12:00Before we forget a lot of things that simply have to be remembered.
01:12:03For instance?
01:12:05For instance, a three-hour drive to Beverly Hills.
01:12:08A drive to Beverly Hills was not exactly what I had planned.
01:12:13Darling, will you get packed?
01:12:17Certainly, Your Majesty.
01:12:30Oh, so that's it.
01:12:38Could we...
01:12:39Could we perhaps pay it a visit?
01:12:41No?
01:12:42But there'll be nothing to see except some empty stages and the night watchman.
01:12:46I have always liked fashionable resorts out of season.
01:12:51All right.
01:12:53There is something I'd like to show you.
01:12:55It's that.
01:13:03Hello, Miss Barlow.
01:13:04Hello, Lucky.
01:13:05Will you turn the lights on, please?
01:13:06Sure thing.
01:13:07You want them all on, Miss Barlow?
01:13:08Every last one.
01:13:16Come on, I want to really show you something.
01:13:22Now you wait right here.
01:13:26All right.
01:13:28Ready?
01:13:28Ready.
01:13:29Andiamo!
01:13:39Well, well, well.
01:13:41What a coincidence.
01:13:43Isn't it?
01:13:45What happened to those wonderful people from Texas?
01:13:48Oh, they struck oil.
01:13:49They always do.
01:13:52Miss Barlow.
01:13:54Yes?
01:13:55This whole thing is what we call in America a set-up?
01:14:01Uh, yes.
01:14:04You have plans.
01:14:06Yes.
01:14:08You have done this before?
01:14:10Oh, yes.
01:14:11And always with great success?
01:14:14Yes.
01:14:15And sometimes, not very often,
01:14:19sometimes a failure.
01:14:23Yes.
01:14:25Tonight, you will have no failure.
01:14:29I am what you call not hard to get.
01:14:32You have suspected this?
01:14:34Yes.
01:14:41Yes.
01:14:43It is incredible, my darling, that one man could be so happy and at the same time so hungry.
01:14:49Me too.
01:14:50Now, we have to find a name for you.
01:14:53I have a name.
01:14:53Oh, well, in period, it's fine.
01:14:55But, I mean, we have to get a first name.
01:14:57But I also have a first name.
01:14:58Alexi de...
01:14:59I know.
01:14:59I know.
01:15:00Alexi de Gabel de Gude or something other.
01:15:02No, something simple like Joe, George, Harry, Sam.
01:15:08Ignat.
01:15:08Oh, beautiful.
01:15:13The Shadow of a Throne, starring Fred de Barlow and Ignat.
01:15:20Oh, that'll be Paul.
01:15:22Now, listen, darling.
01:15:23Don't be over-eager.
01:15:25Just let him do most of the talking.
01:15:27And when it comes to money, I'll handle that.
01:15:29Oh, not that Paul isn't generous, but after all, he is a businessman.
01:15:32And I am only an artist.
01:15:34Paul, darling, I...
01:15:36Your Majesty.
01:15:40Madame.
01:15:41I bring you Mr. Hunter's apologies, but he felt that his presence would lend further embarrassment to an already awkward
01:15:47situation.
01:15:49No apologies are necessary, Bernard.
01:15:52No one in all the world could be more welcome.
01:15:55I was just beginning to worry about how I could find you.
01:15:58But I should have known.
01:16:00Like a bad penny you turn up at the opportune moment.
01:16:04Forgive me, Miss Barlow.
01:16:06You do remember, Bernard.
01:16:08Yes, I seem to remember that we did meet once before.
01:16:11I'm sure Madame understands by now that there are things in the course of our duties.
01:16:15I understand many things, Bernard, but not what brings you here.
01:16:18But I understand, Fred de.
01:16:20He's come above the plebiscite.
01:16:22Haven't you, Bernard?
01:16:23About the speech I am to make on Tuesday.
01:16:25Exactly.
01:16:27Your Majesty's unscheduled departure from Paris created a vacuum.
01:16:31That was not, uh, precisely part of our plans.
01:16:34Oh, yes. Our plans.
01:16:37That's what I want to see you about, Bernard.
01:16:40I think you should know that there has been a slight alteration in our plans.
01:16:44There is hardly time for alterations, Your Majesty.
01:16:47The speech must be made on Tuesday or else...
01:16:50No, my friend.
01:16:51On Tuesday you'll tell our people, and thus the world, that I renounce the throne.
01:16:56Your Majesty.
01:16:58Twelve years ago I made a grave mistake.
01:17:01Aided somewhat by you.
01:17:03Only a fool would lose the same battle twice.
01:17:06So tell my people their king has made his final choice.
01:17:09To spend the rest of his life with the woman he loves.
01:17:14Do you realize what you're doing, madame?
01:17:17Do you realize...
01:17:18I realize at this time there's no letter for you to burn.
01:17:20No lies that you can tell.
01:17:22Your Majesty, I have no intention of committing...
01:17:24You forget yourself, Bernard.
01:17:26My abdication will take place on Tuesday.
01:17:29This is only Saturday.
01:17:31I am still the king.
01:17:33You may go.
01:17:35Surely Your Majesty knows me well enough to know that I would not undertake this long and tiresome journey without
01:17:40baggage.
01:17:42Baggage?
01:17:43It's diplomatic language for the Ace of Trumps.
01:17:46Come, come, you have baggage.
01:17:48Then let us examine it.
01:17:50By all means.
01:17:52You know, madame, that after the war ended we had a revolution.
01:17:58You will find Miss Barlow very well informed.
01:18:01Good.
01:18:02But this she may not know.
01:18:04Our people now are weary of revolution.
01:18:07They want their king again.
01:18:10And they are going to have a king, madame.
01:18:14If not the father, then they'll have the son.
01:18:18The son?
01:18:20Where is your son?
01:18:22In England with good friends.
01:18:24Enjoying life like any English boy.
01:18:27He loves his life in England, I'm told.
01:18:29It seems so cruel to put an end to it.
01:18:34Put an end to what?
01:18:35To his life.
01:18:37To his life?
01:18:38In England.
01:18:39In England.
01:18:39Oh, he's...
01:18:40He's bluffing.
01:18:42My boy is safe in England?
01:18:44You know where he is?
01:18:45My news is somewhat later than your own.
01:18:48Then where is he?
01:18:49The moment that his majesty disappeared, I took it upon myself to communicate with the prince.
01:18:54He is at present somewhere on the continent in the care of good and patriotic friends.
01:19:00And if his majesty remains silent, then I shall speak as his majesty suggested.
01:19:06And I shall tell our countrymen that their king deserted them in their hour of need.
01:19:12And that his son will come to them and reign under my regency until he comes of age.
01:19:21My boy is safe in England.
01:19:24Where is your telephone?
01:19:25Right here.
01:19:27The library.
01:19:31One moment, your majesty.
01:19:33The United States government has generously provided a military airplane.
01:19:37It is waiting at gate 44 at the Los Angeles International Airport.
01:19:41There will be no publicity.
01:19:44They will respect your incognito.
01:19:46I shall await you there.
01:19:49If any harm has come to my boy.
01:19:59I shall meet you.
01:20:00The two years...
01:20:00Fernand.
01:20:02Please.
01:20:03Wait a moment.
01:20:05I want to talk to you.
01:20:14Please.
01:20:19Fernand.
01:20:20I can't believe that you would place a teenage boy upon the throne to...
01:20:24to be a target for a bomb.
01:20:26To be a target is the destiny of anyone who rules.
01:20:31Listen to me, Bernard.
01:20:32Tomorrow I can sign the contract for... for ten years.
01:20:35I'll give you half.
01:20:36Three quarters of my salary.
01:20:38More if you like.
01:20:40If?
01:20:42If you'll return the boy to England and...
01:20:45And let His Majesty stay here with you?
01:20:50And let His Majesty stay here with me?
01:20:56I have never envied His Majesty's crown.
01:21:00But to be loved so deeply by one...
01:21:03so beautiful.
01:21:05Of that I am indeed envious.
01:21:20Mr. Clifton Taylor, Ainsbury School, Sussex, England.
01:21:30They will call right back.
01:21:31But it doesn't seem possible that a prince could be kidnapped...
01:21:33without the whole world knowing about it.
01:21:35It's the one thing I am counting on.
01:21:39Funny.
01:21:40In a moment like this,
01:21:42when my whole world is falling to pieces...
01:21:44to be concerned with such a little thing...
01:21:47What little thing?
01:21:48That bow.
01:21:50Bernard's bow.
01:21:51You didn't notice.
01:21:53Your Majesty.
01:21:54Your Majesty.
01:21:56That insulting little bow from the neck.
01:22:00It's all I get from him.
01:22:02He knows it infuriates me.
01:22:05That's why he does it.
01:22:07Now to my father.
01:22:08Your Majesty.
01:22:12Hello?
01:22:14Hello?
01:22:16Hello, Mr. Taylor.
01:22:18This is King Alexi speaking.
01:22:20Yes?
01:22:22Fine.
01:22:24Fine.
01:22:25Tell me.
01:22:26I have been led to believe
01:22:27that there is a rumor that my son...
01:22:32What is that?
01:22:34He did?
01:22:37Yes, of course I'll wait.
01:22:39The boy was not kidnapped.
01:22:41Oh, thank heaven.
01:22:42No, he left over his own accord.
01:22:44He left a note to the headmaster.
01:22:46He's going to read it to me.
01:22:48I have your pencil and paper.
01:22:49Yes.
01:22:53Yes?
01:22:54Yes, Mr. Taylor.
01:22:58My country is in danger.
01:23:03And I can do no less
01:23:06than go to a raid.
01:23:12Were my personal happiness
01:23:16the only consideration
01:23:19I should like
01:23:22to have remained
01:23:24in England forever
01:23:27with those
01:23:30I love.
01:23:34but
01:23:35I have been taught
01:23:38that battles
01:23:39are never won
01:23:43by
01:23:44running
01:23:45away.
01:23:50Thank you, Mr. Taylor.
01:24:11You taught him to ride.
01:24:13You taught him to box.
01:24:16Perhaps you taught him this, too.
01:24:40Arrivederci, Darlene.
01:24:45Arrivederci.
01:25:08Hello, Paul.
01:25:10Thanks for coming.
01:25:12It's okay.
01:25:15He certainly was the type.
01:25:17He certainly was.
01:25:19He didn't like the part?
01:25:22He didn't like the part.
01:25:27What now, Freda?
01:25:29Five pictures.
01:25:31Ten pictures.
01:25:32Twenty if you like.
01:25:33Between pictures?
01:25:35All that time between pictures, Freda.
01:25:38Any plans?
01:25:41He said Arrivederci.
01:25:45What does that mean?
01:25:48I'll be seeing you.
01:26:09The King.
01:26:18Will we see you?
01:26:25Let's go.
01:26:28We'll be seeing you at the end.
01:26:28The King.
01:26:28The King.
01:26:28The King.
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