April 21 movie: Princess O'Rourke. This was a silly little comedy with Olivia de Havilland as a princess pretending to be a maid who falls in love with ordinary guy Robert Cummings. Also stars Jack Carson and Jane Wyman as Cummings' friends and the wonderful Charles Coburn as de Havilland's domineering uncle.
One thing I liked about this movie was part of the mistaken identity plot: while Cummings thinks de Havilland is an ordinary girl, he jumps to the wrong conclusion that Coburn is her sugar daddy. He's understandably upset, but he tells his friends that all he wants from her is honesty. Then when de Havilland says "There's something you need to know about me before we get married," he relaxes and says she doesn't have to say anything. He was telling the truth! He really did just want honesty. No high and mighty condemnation. When de Havilland seemed about to come clean, he forgave her. How refreshing for a 1943 movie.
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