The Court Jester

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film musical comedy film

The Court Jester is a 1955 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, renowned for its witty dialogue, swashbuckling parody of medieval adventure films, and memorable performances by its ensemble cast.

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The Court Jester canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ
castMember Alan Napier ⓘ
Angela Lansbury ⓘ
Basil Rathbone ⓘ
Cecil Parker ⓘ
Danny Kaye ⓘ
Glynis Johns ⓘ
John Carradine ⓘ
Mildred Natwick ⓘ
cinematographyBy Ray June ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Melvin Frank ⓘ
Norman Panama ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Al Clark ⓘ
era 1950s American cinema ⓘ
famousScene "The pellet with the poison" tongue-twister routine ⓘ
filmingProcess VistaVision ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
swashbuckler parody ⓘ
hasSong "Life Could Not Better Be" ⓘ
"Outfox the Fox" ⓘ
"The Maladjusted Jester" ⓘ
leadCharacter Hubert Hawkins ⓘ
leadCharacterPortrayedBy Danny Kaye ⓘ
musicBy Vic Schoen ⓘ
narrativeTheme satire of chivalry and royal court intrigue ⓘ
notableFor ensemble cast performances ⓘ
parody of swashbuckling adventure films ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Melvin Frank ⓘ
Norman Panama ⓘ
productionCompany Dena Productions ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1956-01-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 101 ⓘ
screenwriter Melvin Frank ⓘ
Norman Panama ⓘ
Patricia P. Frank ⓘ
settingPeriod medieval England ⓘ
starredActor Danny Kaye ⓘ
targetAudience general audiences ⓘ
title The Court Jester self-link ⓘ

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Basil Rathbone → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
The Court Jester → title → The Court Jester self-link ⓘ
29th Academy Awards → bestStoryAndScreenplayMusicalOrComedyWinner → The Court Jester ⓘ
Glynis Johns → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Danny Kaye → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Harold Brent Wallis → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Cecil Parker → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Mildred Natwick → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Frederick Worlock → notableWork → The Court Jester ⓘ
Robert Middleton → appearedIn → The Court Jester ⓘ
Tom Helmore → appearedIn → The Court Jester ⓘ