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Nell and her Chevalier remind me of Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer in Tovarich!
Was Nell's Prince a chevalier in the true sense of the word- a horseman? I think this is where we get the word Chivalry is it not? He must have been a knight, basically, an important member of the court?
Cantacuzene doesn't seem a particularly Russian name....
Was Nell's Prince a chevalier in the true sense of the word- a horseman? I think this is where we get the word Chivalry is it not? He must have been a knight, basically, an important member of the court?
Cantacuzene doesn't seem a particularly Russian name....
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Hi Wendy,
Prince Cantacuzene was indeed a horseman. His position would have been equal to the British monarchy's Master of the Horse in The Queen Mother's court.
The Cantacuzene's originally came for Byzantium and a couple of them were Emperors there. Not always the safest position in that corrupt empire.
After 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, the Cantacuzenes hightailed it out of there and went to Rome before settling in Rumania - there are still Cantacuzenes there today. The Cantacuzene Palace in Bucharest is a sight to behold - very ornate, mosaic and paraquet floors, both gold and painted ceilings and with several classical & baroque & roccoco rooms...
I'm sure they must have stripped the Constantinople treasury before they left.
A minor branch of them left and fought for & supported Peter the Great in Russia; and so were ennobled to Prince. But, in the Russian societal strata, I don't think they were as high up as many other Russian noble families....
They were simply loyal to the monarch but not too prominent really.
However, this did not prevent Nell from catawalling the title "Princess" once she returned to the USA.
I asked her once why some people still called her Princess Eleanor; and she said matter of factly that when she came back to NYC in 1936, the newspapers wrote that Princess Eleanor Romanov had returned and "I simply didn't correct them!!"... And, she never did....
Larry
Prince Cantacuzene was indeed a horseman. His position would have been equal to the British monarchy's Master of the Horse in The Queen Mother's court.
The Cantacuzene's originally came for Byzantium and a couple of them were Emperors there. Not always the safest position in that corrupt empire.
After 1453, when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, the Cantacuzenes hightailed it out of there and went to Rome before settling in Rumania - there are still Cantacuzenes there today. The Cantacuzene Palace in Bucharest is a sight to behold - very ornate, mosaic and paraquet floors, both gold and painted ceilings and with several classical & baroque & roccoco rooms...
I'm sure they must have stripped the Constantinople treasury before they left.
A minor branch of them left and fought for & supported Peter the Great in Russia; and so were ennobled to Prince. But, in the Russian societal strata, I don't think they were as high up as many other Russian noble families....
They were simply loyal to the monarch but not too prominent really.
However, this did not prevent Nell from catawalling the title "Princess" once she returned to the USA.
I asked her once why some people still called her Princess Eleanor; and she said matter of factly that when she came back to NYC in 1936, the newspapers wrote that Princess Eleanor Romanov had returned and "I simply didn't correct them!!"... And, she never did....
Larry
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Oh, Larry, that's so interesting. I probably wouldn't have corrected them either.
How many languages did she speak?
How many languages did she speak?
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Hi,
Poor Jessie - Nell has taken over her thread.
I'm going to find Nell's thread and transfer most of this over...
Larry
Poor Jessie - Nell has taken over her thread.
I'm going to find Nell's thread and transfer most of this over...
Larry
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Thanks, Larry!
But anytime you have a gem about Jesse, come back here!
But anytime you have a gem about Jesse, come back here!
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To bring the subject back to Miss Landis, Queen Maria Dominika and Princess Beatrix:
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That scene is hilarious! Wish the two of them had more time together on screen alone.
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Hi,
Great pictures of two, whom we'll never see the likes of again....
I don't think Agnes was in this movie for long and only near the end. It's been literally decades since I've seen it.
And, didn't they both die around the same time? I do remember when they died I thought of this movie then....
Larry
Great pictures of two, whom we'll never see the likes of again....
I don't think Agnes was in this movie for long and only near the end. It's been literally decades since I've seen it.
And, didn't they both die around the same time? I do remember when they died I thought of this movie then....
Larry
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The Swan (1956)
According to the IMDB, JRL passed away 2 February 1972 at age 75, two years prior to AM who passed 30 April 1974 at age 73.
They were both Sagittarians (like me).
According to the IMDB, JRL passed away 2 February 1972 at age 75, two years prior to AM who passed 30 April 1974 at age 73.
They were both Sagittarians (like me).
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Great screen caps and information, Professional Tourist. Thanks!
Larry, I don't think we will see the likes of them for a long time, either!
Larry, I don't think we will see the likes of them for a long time, either!
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Here's a tribute compilation to Jesse Royce Landis...
Here's a tribute compilation to Jesse Royce Landis...
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Sue Sue Applegate wrote:Great screen caps and information, Professional Tourist. Thanks!
Larry, I don't think we will see the likes of them for a long time, either!
That is so true Sue Sue!
I love her too.
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Hi,
"Avanti" indeed!!! Thank you Christy for a great way to start the day - seeing that fabulous face!!!
I got to the computer room on this ship early and have shown this clip to everyone I could. They all left smiling - what a tonic....
Larry
"Avanti" indeed!!! Thank you Christy for a great way to start the day - seeing that fabulous face!!!
I got to the computer room on this ship early and have shown this clip to everyone I could. They all left smiling - what a tonic....
Larry
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Thanks, Larry! She is a tonic!
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In 1960, JRL appeared on television in the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Here is that episode:
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