The Royalty on Film Blogathon: «The Swan» (1956)
Theatrical release poster Directed by Charles Vidor, The Swan (1956) begins in 1910 in a Ruritanian kingd om in Central Europe, where Princess Beatrix (Jessie Royce Landis) is eager to make a match between her da ughter, Princess Alexand ra (Grace Kelly), and a distant cousin, Crown Prince Albert (Ale c Guinness ) , in order to regain a throne that was taken from her family by Napole on . When the prince arrives with his imperious mother, Q ueen M aria Dominika (Agnes Mo or ehead) , for a four-day visit with Beatrix and her family — which also includes her aunt S ymphorosa (Est el le Win wood) , her brother Father Car l Hyacinth (Brian Aherne) and her two younger sons , George (Van Dyke Sparks) and Arsene (Chr istopher Cook) — he pr efers sports and shooting activities to time with Alexandra. In a me asure of desperati on , Beatrix fo rces Alexandra to show int erest in D r. Nicholas Agi ( Louis Jourdan), the family's handsome young tu tor, to make Abert jealous an...