The Court Jester

The Court Jester is a American film (musical) from 1956 of Directors Melvin Frank and Norman Panama who also signed for the production and the scenario. StarringDanny Kaye, are Basil Rathbone and Glynis Johns to see.

The budget for the film went up to $ 4 million in the fall of 1955 and was the most expensive comedy film until then. The film was a flop with a yield of 2.2 million dollars in cinemas and not even came off the cost. Later, the appreciation and the film became a success on television. In 2004, the film was selected to be preserved by the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress because of cultural, historical and aesthetic qualities.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Read warning: text below contains details about the content and/or the end of the story.In medieval England the country is suppressed by King Roderick. Roderick is not the rightful King, he's come to power by the Royal family massacre. Only the Crown Prince, a baby, is escape. The baby is smuggled from the Royal Palace and is guarded by a group of resistance members, led by the Black Fox. The latter has Hubert Hawkins designated as babysitter. Hawkins would like to participate actively in the resistance, but by his clumsiness he is forced to act as caretaker of the Crown Prince.The Black Fox is determined to topple Roderick. The opportunity offers itself as the false King wants to marry off his daughter Gwendolyn to Sir Griswold. If it's the Black Fox manage to smuggle one of his people during the wedding can this access to open the secret passage to the Castle. Then, the men of the Black Fox than by the gang and to gain the castle in hands.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Recordings
 * 4 Film Music
 * 5 Quotes
 * 6 Prices

As Hawkins, along with Maid Jean, a member of the resistance group, the Crown Prince wants to bring to a safe location, they come from Italy, Giacomo against a famous jester. Giacomo has been invited by Roderick to marriage to cheer. As Maid Jean hears that Giacomo has access to the Castle beats it unconscious. She knows to convince Hawkins to disguised as Giacomo to enter the Castle and to open the secret passage. Once in the Castle are trying desperately to get the key of the corridor Hawkins. However, if Princess Gwendolyn is in love with him, the problems begin. Hawkins is hypnotized by the carer of the Princess, Griselda, and thinks now that he is a hero, a swordsman and don Juan. If, however, someone cut he is back with his fingers Hawkins. Lord Ravenhurst, counsel for the King, see in Giacomo/Hawkins an ideal assassin for his rivals and Sir Griswold sees Hawkins as a rival for his favours at the Princess. The blighted Hawkins is knighted and challenged to a duel with Sir Griswold. Hawkins know Griswold miraculously to beat with his men. But the triumph of Hawkins is short lived. Ravenhurst thinks he's the Black Fox and tries to kill him in a swordfight. The real Black Fox knows, however, invade the Castle and Ravenhurst and the false King Roderick be defeated. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Recordings[ Edit] == Danny Kaye had together with his wife Sylvia Fine writer, composer founded a film production company Dena enterprises, named for their daughter Dena. Dena Enterprise already had a film released this film Knock on Wood and worked at Sylvia Fine (songs), Kaye (lead role) and Norman Panama and Melvin Frank (direction, script) together. The second film had to be The Court Jester of the cooperation between enterprises and Dena Kaye, Fine, Panama and Frank was again ratified. Paramount Pictures got the distribution and Panama and Frank was appointed as producers.
 * Danny Kaye: Hubert Hawkins
 * Glynis Johns: Maid Jean
 * Basil Rathbone: Lord Ravenhurst
 * Angela Lansbury: Princess Gwendolyn
 * Cecil Parker: King Roderick
 * Mildred Natwick: Griselda
 * Robert Middleton: Sir Griswold
 * Edward Ashley: Black Fox
 * Herbert Wilson: Captain of the Guard
 * Michael Pate: Sir Locksley
 * Noel Drayton: Fergus
 * John Carradine: Giacomo

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In July 1954, the start of production. Before the shooting could start there was in the pre-production worked hard on the decors. In the Paramount Studios were two large sets built: the Interior of the castle of King Roderick and courtyard of the Castle. That cost alone amounted to $ 200,000. The rate continued to grow and around november 1954 when the shooting began, was already budgeted $ 3,000,000. The original budget was $ 2.478.000 and there was air in 48 shooting days. The production came during the first week of filming already in trouble, director of photography Ray Rennahan was fired and replaced by Ray June.After three months filming there was a pause in the shooting between 16-25 February 1955, after which continued until 12 March 1955. On 18 March 1956 were made additional recordings and some re-recording.The cost was now risen to $ 3.702.103 and would eventually come true on approx. 4,000,000 dollars. The total number of operating days finally came out on 76, 28 more than budgeted. The actress Glynis Johns almost overrun days took her role in the film Josephine and the Men. Eventually they could take on the role. The rehearsal of The Court Jester took 18 days to complete, while the second unit team 18 days needed, among other things for shooting on location in Palos Verdes, California.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Danny Kaye was little physically imposing and the producers felt that he didn't look in tights. To make something out of it were his legs fill with foam rubber pieces. Actor Basil however, Noticed that Kaye Ratbone looked impressive, but that he might not be a good fencer was. Rathbone had in his long career earned a reputation as the best fencer of Hollywood, but he was now 63. Kaye that 42 was during the recordings for screen recordings was specially trained by Ralph Faulkner the trainer of us Olympic team screen. Kaye had never fenced, but turned out to be a natural talent. His ability to every move he had seen fast to imitate, this came in handy. Kaye was so well trained that within three weeks he Rathbone can defeat it. Rathbone was even so cornered that he for a large number of scenes was replaced by Faulkner who acted as stuntman. In the film this is good see, in most screen scenes we see only the back of Ravenhurst. Kaye's talent as a dancer and Acrobat also came in handy at the scenes where he receives the accont. The joke of the scene is that the pace of the ridderslag ceremony is accelerated. We see first how another man a Knight is struck and the ceremony is normally performed. Then everything gets done much faster with Kaye. He is referred to by his fellow Knights almost dragged the Hall by. That fellow knights were composed of a group of amateurs who reenact battles from the past in counterfeit uniforms and with counterfeit weapons. The American Legion Zouaves or Richard f. Smith Post No. 29, Jackson, Michigan played normally the role of a company of Zouaves which served during the American civil war, but was for the film transformed into a group of Knights.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film received some criticism after the release related to plagiarism. Critic Jack c. Moffitt said the hypnosis trick which Kaye with a finger snap of personality changes, was used by him for the film Mountain Musicfor which he had written the screenplay. Moffitt itself, however, admitted that he had stolen the trick in turn from the film Charlie Chaplin 's City Lights. ==Film Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="81" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Sylvia Fine and lyricist Sammy Cahn wrote the following songs for the film:

<p lang="en" len="52" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The song "I Live to Love" was killed in the Assembly.
 * "(You'll Never) Outfox the Fox"
 * "My Heart Knows a Lovely Song"
 * "Pass the Basket"
 * "Where Walks My True Love?"
 * "Maladjusted Jester" (lyricist Sylvia Fine)
 * "Life Could Not Better Be"

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Composer and arranger Victor Shoe wrote the rest of the music for the film, and had the musical director. He was assisted by domponist Elmer Bernstein. Shoe that never before had been responsible for the musical direction of a feature film, had to learn everything. He initially had no idea how he had to synchronize the music with the images. In addition, he stood for the challenge to write over 100 minutes of music for the film. Some areas for which he had to write music were particularly and demanded much of his craftsmanship. He was very proud of the mini-piano concerto that he wrote for the screen scene between Hawkins and Ravenhurst at the end of the movie. ==Quotes<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the film there is a scene in which Griselda Hawkins wants to help Sir Griswold to beat during a tournament. She wants to stop in the drink poison by Griswold gif that both opponents need to drink before the fight.She has done the poison in the ' barrel with the stamper ' (the vessel with the pestle) and the ' chalice from the Palace ' (the chalice from the palace) is non-poisonous. To Hawkins to help remember that he takes the good drink, she has devised a mnemonic: "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true", (the bullet gif is in the vessel with the pestle and the chalice from the Palace has the good BREW). These tongue Crusher became the most famous quote from the movie. Critic Jack Moffitt found the quote a bad parody of the tongue breaker of Bob Hope: "there's a nick on the muzzle of the pistol with the bullet and a scratch on the barrel of the pistol with a blank." ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="69" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Danny Kaye received a nomination for a Golden Globe for his role.