Princess O'Rourke is a 1943 romantic comedy film. It was directed and written by Norman Krasna and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn. Krasna won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. Princess Maria and her uncle Holman are forced into exile in New York City when their country is invaded by the Nazis in World War II. Holman is anxious to have his niece get married and produce a male heir as soon as possible, but she is not interested in his choice, Count Peter de Candome . On an airplane flight, the princess takes too many sleeping pills. When the... plane is forced to return to New York, Maria is fast asleep. The pilot, Eddie O'Rourke , takes charge of her while under the impression that she is just another European refugee. They become acquainted and fall in love. Holman is apprised of these developments by a government agent who keeps Maria under surveillance. When he learns that O'Rourke's family seems to produce only large numbers of sons , he is intrigued.
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| Release date: | October 23, 1943 |
| Directed by: | Norman Krasna |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hal B. Wallis |
| Genre: | Comedy |