The Student Prince

The Student Prince was a musical film of 1954.  It starred Ann Blyth and Edmund Purdom with Mario Lanza's singing voice as the Prince.  Purdom's character, Prince Karl, is from a small kingdom of the German Empire.  He is sent to get an education at a university in Heidelberg to develop some social skills after his betrothed finds him "stiff" and boring. 

There he meets Blyth's character Kathie, a barmaid at the local biergarten and he immediately falls in love with her.  However upon the death of his grandfather he must return to the palace to marry the princess in order to save his kingdom. 

There were 2 songs I especially liked from this movie..... the song he sings after meeting Kathie at the biergarten.....

and....the song he sings in the church upon the death of his grandfather. 

Ann Blyth starred in several other well known movies....Mildred Pierce along with Joan Crawford and The Helen Morgan Story with Paul Newman. 

In real life, she later became Lady of the Holy Sepulchre, a rank she received from Cardinal Cook.  Today at the age of 83 she lives in New York. 

Edmund Purdom acted in another film that I liked, called The Eqyptian, along with Jean Simmons.  His character Sinuhe is a struggling physician in a time where a more monotheistic religion is emerging within a society that practices the worshiping of several gods, and the religious persecution that follows.

I believe that with all the movies that I've watched....is there any wonder that I loved taking history courses in college.....especially Art History.  World History was great too...only problem is remembering the dates when historic things happened.  My brain was in overwhelm big time!