Royal Wedding (1951) | Directed by Stanley Donen - Full Movie

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

Royal Wedding is a 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. The film was directed by Stanley Donen; it was his second film and the first he directed on his own. It was released as Wedding Bells in the United Kingdom.

The story is set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. Astaire and Powell play siblings in a song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire.

Directed by: Stanley Donen
Written by: Alan Jay Lerner (story & screenplay)
Produced by: Arthur Freed
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill, Peter Lawford
Cinematography: Robert Planck
Edited by: Albert Akst
Music by: Songs: Burton Lane (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: March 8, 1951 (NYC), March 20, 1951 (LA), March 23, 1951 (US)
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $1,661,000
Box office: $3,902,000