The Dancing Princesses

Episode aired Nov 14, 1987
TV-PG
50m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

197

YOUR RATING

Faerie Tale Theatre: The Dancing Princesses

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Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

A king who is extremely overprotective locks his six daughters in their room each night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay f... Read allA king who is extremely overprotective locks his six daughters in their room each night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay for them. And when he asks them why, they don't give him a straight answer. So he sends wor... Read allA king who is extremely overprotective locks his six daughters in their room each night. But for some reason they order shoes from the cobbler practically every day and the king has to pay for them. And when he asks them why, they don't give him a straight answer. So he sends word that whoever figures out why they need so many shoes, he will have the hand of the daugh... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

197

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
Various versions of this story feature nine or even twelve princesses. Here, there are only six.

Goofs
The king's proclamation ten minutes in begins with "here ye" instead of "hear ye", and misplaces the apostrophe in "daughters'" (plural possessive), making it "daughter's" (singular possessive).

Quotes
Loretta: [playing checkers] You're really fun! You certainly aren't dull like all those princes.
The Soldier: Maybe that's because I'm not a prince.
Loretta: Do you think I'm pretty?
The Soldier: Do I think you're pretty? I think you're very pretty.
Loretta: Would you pick me to marry?
The Soldier: I might. Except I'm a little bit older than you and I think that maybe you should be with some young, handsome man, someone who can keep up with you.
Loretta: I should?
The Soldier: Definitely.
[places checker piece down]
The Soldier: King me.

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Featured review

9/10

This movie is kooky fun.

Ya'll, this here movie has literally changed my life. The "cobbler" in this movie is the reason my nickname is cob, so you just ponder that the next time you're watching it. BUT, that is entirely besides the point. The Fairy Tale Theatre series specializes in (common-dit-on?) FROMAGE!! (in laymen's terms, that would be CHEESE!!). This movie is cheesey. Totally. The best part is when the director tries to get really fancy, and starts shooting in between people's heads and stuff. It's funny when that happens. The dancing princesses are, i'm sorry to say, not very attractive (except of course the lovely leslie-ann warren) and the costumes are simply horrid. i mean really, they're princesses but they only get one dress each?? BUT, i did give this movie a 9, and that is because in my childhood it brought me much joy (and of course pain; heaven knows how that nickname upset me as a child) and any fan of the series will enjoy this one.