GamerTab That was an excellent one.

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

David Frieze In this haphazard Technicolor fantasy, a ditzy but dauntless young American woman becomes the heir to the throne of a tiny, insolvent European country named Lampidorra. The bumbling representative of a British cheese company convinces her that the answer to Lampidorra's problem lies in its principal product: schneese, which is cheese crossbred with schnapps. "Penny Princess" is essentially an operetta without the singing. It's all very silly, the satire is heavy-handed, and the leading lady is a bit of a pill, but it's a harmless way to spend an hour and a half. Val Guest, who wrote and directed the film, would go on to better things, particularly in the field of science fiction. He also married the leading lady.

MartinHafer "Penny Princess" is a pleasant little film--and a movie that might be more famous today had there not been a significantly better film with a similar plot that appeared on the scene just a few years later. Both "Penny Princess" and "The Mouse That Roared" have very, very similar plots--so similar that you can't help but compare them. Both are about the supposedly smallest country in Europe (both fictitious) and both are about schemes that are concocted to rescue the country's economic problems and both are comedies. My recommendation is that you see them both, though "Penny Princess" is definitely the lesser of the two films.The film begins by learning that the tiny country of Lampidorra is bankrupt. They have no exports and are heavily in debt to various creditors who are threatening to foreclose. However, an American promises to bail them out...if his family can become the rulers of the country. The Lampidorrans quickly agree but the man dies soon after...and a relative of his now has just become queen! However, sweet Yolande Donlan has no background in finance and she cannot locate the money her uncle promised to the Lampidorrans. So, once there in her new land, she feels a strong responsibility to help them out of their crisis. At the same time, a nice but previously ineffectual man (Dirk Bogarde) is sent to a cheese convention that is around Lampidorra. Together, these two work to save Lampidorra using a secret weapon in the war on financial ruin...'schneese'.While "The Mouse That Roared" is clearly a silly comedy, "Penny Princess" can best be described as cute...and Yolande Donlan made this even more so, as she played one of the most adorable female leads I have ever seen. You can't help but love her--and her sweet and kooky character did a lot to carry this film. As for the plot, it's quite good...though the resolution of the problem and her subsequent actions all seemed a bit rushed. Still, the film is fun and well worth a look.

ksf-2 Cute idea... salesgirl Linda Smith (Yolande Donlan) inherits a teeny tiny little county of Lampidorra. That country, which wasn't even in North America, was made the 49th state... (of course, there were only 48 states at the time, since this was made in 1952...) Linda travels to the country she has inherited, and we follow her along as she tries to figure out what to do with this strange country and its even quirkier people. At one point, she sings a song that she claims is from her people the Navajo, and it gets ever-more sillier from there.... although Yolande Donlan's heavy lipstick and omni-present smile never get ruffled or shmeared. There are other songs scattered through-out as the citizens sing to welcome their new princess. Filmed in a glorious British version of technicolor, or some such equivalent, about the only big name here is Dirk Bogarde as British subject Tony Craig, cheese vendor. Bogarde made a big splash in the UK film industry after serving in the war, and was even knighted by QE II. Craig and "the new princess" keep bumping into each other, and their adventures become more intertwined as Lampidorra's financial problems worsen... Fun little farce....along the lines of Marx Brothers film. Also note that Donlan later married Val Guest, the writer and director of our little project, and stayed married for 50 years! Guest was better known for writing and directing his sci-fi flicks, in both the UK & the US.

calvertfan The country is named Lampidorra, and it's a tiny municipality in Europe, the smallest country in fact, kind of squished in next to Switzerland. It's so small, it makes Switzerland look the size of Mongolia. The citizens there have a thriving industry that has kept them going for years - the industry of smuggling.A rich American buys half the country, and then dies. A grand search is on to find his nearest heir, who ends up being something like an Aunt's sister-in-law's nephew's second-cousin, twice removed. She travels to the country to sort out what's going on, and is shocked to see that they hold smuggling highly as their main source of income! Sounds like a wonderful movie, eh? Good idea for a story line and somecomedy, and Dirk Bogarde in pyjamas. But the whole thing just isn't executed well, and it gets very trying after the first half-hour or so. The start is amusing, where it's narrated - telling you Lampidorra's history and also thanking the citizens for speaking English rather than Lampidorran during filming, thus wiping out the need for English subtitles! Overall though, only 5/10.