The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

To win a bet, the daughter (Olivia De Havilland) of the American ambassador (Edward Arnold) in Paris goes out with a soldier (John Forsythe) by pretending to be a French model. Written and directed by Oscar winning writer Norman Krasna (he only directed three movies). This romantic comedy reunites him with De Havilland who starred in PRINCESS O'ROURKE, the film that won him his Oscar. This piece of piffle is basically a riff on that film in which De Havilland played a princess who pretended to be a war refugee as she romanced an American pilot. While I wasn't very enthusiastic about PRINCESS O'ROURKE, it had a bit of charm that carried it through most of the film. Lightning doesn't strike twice here and this results in tedium. Originally intended as a vehicle for Gene Tierney and Van Johnson, the pairing of a matronly De Havilland (she was pushing 40) and the bland Forsythe doesn't set off any sparks. Shot in CinemaScope, the French locations are attractive and De Havilland and Myrna Loy (as a Senator's wife) look quite striking in their Christian Dior frocks. With Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan and Francis Lederer.