The Ford Theatre Hour The Royal Family (1948–1951) watch online HD

George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber collaborated on this comedy about an eminent and slightly eccentric theatrical clan. A Barrymore-like brood, the Cavendishes are as flamboyant offstage as they are on. Their real-life family drama occurs in a Manhattan apartment when the grand matriarch, Fanny Cavendish, learns that her daughter and granddaughter may both be giving up the stage for marriage. Theatre legends Rosemary Harris, Eva LeGallienne, Sam Levene and Ellis Rabb have great fun portraying characters they know all too well from their years on stage.

The story is loosely based on the first family of theater, the Barrymores.

"The Royal Family" opened on Broadway December 28, 1927 and starred Haidee Wright, Ann Andrews and Otto Kruger.