Rosa de Francia
Cast & Crew
Rosita Díaz
Julio Peña
Antonio Moreno
Consuelo Frank
Don Alvarado
Enrique De Rosas
Film Details
Synopsis
Luisa Isabel de Orleans, the "Rose of France," betrothed to Luis, the prince of Asturias, arrives at the palace of the Spanish royal family. Luisa, a charming and fun-loving girl, shocks King Felipe, Queen Isabel de Farnesio, and her husband-to-be with her irreverence and indecorous behavior. The two wed in great solemnity nonetheless, and Luisa gaily arranges her wedding suite. Farnesio and her husband decide, however, that the marriage cannot be consummated as the French princess has not proven herself trustworthy. Luis leaves Luisa alone on their wedding night, and Farnesio continues to prevent a real marital union between the young couple, though Felipe urges otherwise. When Felipe receives the news that his nephew, King Louis XV of France, is deathly ill, Farnesio tells him to abdicate so that he can take his place as the rightful heir of the French crown, which would thus leave the Spanish throne to Luisa and Luis. Realizing that he would then be the de facto ruler of Spain, in addition to being king of France, Philip agrees. Tesse, a nobleman and royal attendant, realizes that the royal couple must consummate their union so that Spain will have a strong monarchy. He calls on the marquis of Magny to flirt with Luisa to incite the jealousy of Luis. Luisa refuses to attend a Sunday church service with the royal family and instead has a picnic with her friends, including Magny. When Magny's flirtations become too serious, Luisa reacts with embarrassment. As the Royal family arrives, however, Magny carries Luisa from a tree where she has been concealing herself in a game of hide-and-seek. Shocked at her conduct, Luis orders her to leave the country estate for Madrid where she will be granted her liberty, but he is sorry to see her go. Hearing that Luis is fond of dressing up like a commoner for midnight adventures through the city, Luisa dresses like a common woman, veils herself and seeks out her husband. In a city park, Luis sees the disguised Luisa and falls in love, confessing that the "queen," Luisa, does not care for him. Felipe then arrives at the garden to find his son disturbing the peace. He scolds Luis for fraternizing with an unescorted lady and then orders her arrest. Luisa laughs at this, and Luis immediately recognizes her charming giggle. He takes her back to his home, and when Felipe and Farnesio arrive to tell him of Luisa's absence from the palace, the now happily married couple hide behind the curtains of his bed.
Cast
Rosita Díaz
Julio Peña
Antonio Moreno
Consuelo Frank
Don Alvarado
Enrique De Rosas
María Calvo
Martín Garralaga
Rubí Gutiérrez
Jinx Falkenberg
María Luisa Sierra
Carlos Montalbán
Chito Alonso
Tito Davison
Antonio Vidal
Hector Briceño
Lucio Villegas
D'arcy Corrigan
Manuel París
José Peña Pepet
Rosa Rey
Julio Abadía
Aura De Silva
Germaine De Néel
Paul Portanova
Joyce Kay
Jack Lavern Cosby
Varick Steel
Antonio Manfredi
Crew
Duncan Cramer
Lewis Creber
Charles Faye
Samuel Kaylin
Helen Logan
José López Rubio
José López Rubio
Alberto Luza
Joseph Macdonald
Sam Schneider
John Stone
E. Clayton Ward
Gordon Wiles
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Notes
The plot was based on a dialogue continuity in the Twentieth Century-Fox Produced Scripts Collection, and the onscreen credits were taken from a screen credit sheet in the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department, both of which are in the UCLA Arts-Special Collections Library. The English translation of the title given in reviews is "Rose of France." According to Hollywood Reporter, this was art director Gordon Wiles's first film as a director and, as the last of Fox's Spanish language films, was budgeted at double the amount usually spent on their other Spanish language films.
