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The Swan Overview:

The Swan (1956) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Charles Vidor and produced by Dore Schary.

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Molnar’s play “The Swan”

By Neve on Mar 21, 2020 From The Baz

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The Death of the Swan : The Unfinished Dance ( 1947 ) and Ballerina ( 1937 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 3, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

This weekend Christina Wehner is hosting the En Pointe Blogathon, a three-day event celebrating films that spotlight that beautiful and centuries old form of dance known as ballet. One of the most overlooked Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1940s - The Unfinished Dance - just so happens to revolve a... Read full article

Grace Kelly's Dress from THE SWAN up for Auction at Christie's

on Jun 16, 2014 From GlamAmor

This Friday, June 20th, Christie's will auction off one of Grace Kelly's dresses from The Swan (1956) in London. It is an exciting occasion. Created by MGM legend Helen Rose, this is an example of influential costume design that also immediately impacted fashion and continues to do so today. Last ... Read full article

“The Swan” (1925)

By Silentfilmfanatic on Jun 21, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

“The Swan” (1925) is a silent romantic comedy starring Frances Howard, Adolphe Menjou and Ricardo Cortez. Directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, this film is about a love that cannot be. Set in a fictitious European kingdom, Princess Alexandra of Beldonia, played by Frances Howard, is secretly... Read full article

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The Swan Quotes:

Princess Beatrix: When he does decide to hold something, it would be the bass viol!
Queen Maria Dominika: [to Beatrix, about Napoleon] My dear I have a book. I shall send it to you, it's most comforting. It proves conclusively that Napoleon never existed!
Princess Beatrix: Dear Aunt Symphorosa - always looking for wallflowers.
Princess Beatrix: Oh my dear child, this is the one thing, the one opportunity that all your life I've been praying for - for you to become a queen.
Prince Albert: I'm afraid so. And there she must stay, out on the lake; silent, white, majestic. Be a bird, but never fly; know one song but never sing it until the moment of death. And so it must be for you, Alexandra. Cool indifference to the staring crowds along the bank. And the song? Never.
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The Swan Facts
While filming The Swan in Hollywood, Alec Guinness he met James Dean, just days before the young actor's death. Sir Alec later recalled predicting that Dean would die in a car crash: when Dean showed Guinness his newly-bought Porsche, Guinness advised him to "Get rid of that car, or you'll be dead in a week!" Guinness unfortunately proved right.
The only film in which Grace Kelly plays a princess (she later became one in real life). In this film, she is courted by Prince Albert of a small European country. Prince Albert of Monaco is Grace Kelly's son.
This was the second time in two years that Jessie Royce Landis played Grace Kelly's mother. The first was in To Catch a Thief. These were the only two films in which both actresses appeared together.
Grace Kelly became a real princess when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco the same year that this film was released.
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