The Court Jester

The Court Jester is a 1956 comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and a young Angela Lansbury (she turned thirty-one during the making of this film). The movie is co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama.

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1956 - Comedy film - Danny Kaye - Glynis Johns - Basil Rathbone - Angela Lansbury - Co-written - Co-directed - Co-produced - Melvin Frank - Norman Panama

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Danny Kaye received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical.

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Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical

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The motion picture bombed at the box-office on its release. Made for a cost of $4 million (dollars) in the fall of 1955, it only brought in $2.2 million in receipts the following winter and spring of 1956. Since then it has become a television favorite. The film contains the famous repertoire: "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice with the palace has the brew that's true" (mainly with Kaye and Mildred Natwick as Griselda).

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Dollars - Television - Mildred Natwick

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