Royal Wedding
1951 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 6,331 VOTES · DIR. Stanley Donen
Overview
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,286 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:24 (Singing) My Royal day can be a Royal bore.
00:07:23 And I'm simply mad about him. Is that all.
00:09:15 This'll kill you. My brother Edgar called tonight from England.
00:11:19 Ellen honey. I thought I went to the wrong gate.
00:14:34 and they're so fond of me, that I couldn't bear depriving either one of them.
00:21:15 Oh dear. It looks a little dim out there, doesn't it?
00:27:37 (Phone rings) Excuse me please.
00:31:18 Can't you dance with a partner?
00:34:07 Matter of fact, I think I'll turn in right now if it's alright with you.
00:37:31 But I always figured they must have had an argument.
00:39:51 About two years.
00:42:15 What's all the commotion about?
00:44:03 Oh it's over.
00:48:02 I want to take those two numbers we didn't do tonight.
00:50:41 - So I used. - So there you admit it.
00:56:32 Darling I just had to come. I just had to.
01:01:33 Thanks.
01:05:33 You're like Paris in April and May. You're New York on a silvery day.
01:11:28 I don't like to be kept waiting, he's been keeping me waiting.
01:14:12 Great.
01:21:40 On account of me being in love with you and you being in love with me.
01:24:47 What's so funny about someone wanting to marry me?
01:27:21 It's a lovely day for a wedding.
01:32:02 They didn't have to go to all this trouble, a small wedding would've been alright.
Cast & Characters
Fred Astaire
Tom Bowen
Jane Powell
Ellen Bowen
Peter Lawford
Lord John Brindale
Sarah Churchill
Anne Ashmond
Keenan Wynn
Irving Klinger
Keenan Wynn
Edgar Klinger
Albert Sharpe
James Ashmond
Bea Allen
Dancer in Haiti Number
Les Baxter
Specialty in 'What a Lovely Day for a Wedding' Number
Wilson Benge
Minor Role
Margaret Bert
Ellen's Maid
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,286
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:02:24
Final line01:32:02
Production Record
DirectorStanley Donen
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,700,000
Revenue$3,900,000
IMDb votes6,331