The Court Jester was filmed in 1956, starring: Danny Kaye,
Angela Lansbury, and Basil Rathbone. This
movie takes place in medieval times; Danny Kaye plays a nave that works for the
notorious outlaw, “The Black Fox,” and goes on a mission disguised as the king’s
jester while trying to dethrone the king.
This film shows off most of Danny Kaye’s many talents, for example:
singing, dancing, and of course: making people laugh. One of the ways he did
that was talking really fast. His quick speech made it seem like he was
speaking a different language. He also did it in regular English too, of
course.
A fun fact about the movie is that while shooting the film,
Danny Kaye and Basil Rathbone, aka the original Sherlock Holmes, would do a
sword fight routine. Danny Kaye didn’t really know how to sword fight so they
hired a fight choreographer to teach him the technique. They managed to do the
fight scene so fast that Basil Rathbone couldn’t do it, so they let the
choreographer do most of the scene while wearing a wig and costume.
This film is for all ages and is family friendly. The movie
is crowded full of kings, knights, outlaws and a superstitious medieval witch.
My favorite part about the movie is how Danny Kaye preformed for the king. With
his fast talking, singing, and dancing it almost looked like he didn’t need to
rehearse, he would just go out there and make the audience laugh. If you enjoyed this movie, you would also appreciate
Danny Kaye’s: Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a movie about a man whose addiction
to daydreaming causes him to meet the girl of his dreams. Thank you for reading
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