The Loretta Young Show - S2 E35 - "I Remember The Rani"

Episode # 5435 I REMEMBER THE RANI Original airdate: 5-01-55 In this unforgettable costume drama, an English newspaperman reminisces about his visit to the kingdom of Caneshwar many years earlier where he encountered the beautiful and courageous Maharani of the small, destitute principality in India’s remote backcountry. The Maharani, played by Loretta Young, forsakes marriage to a wealthy man in order to devote her life to improving the plight of her people. Edward Ashley, playing the reporter Alan Chandler, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1904 and was a leading man in 1930s British films and a supporting player in 1940s and '50s American films and television. His vague resemblance to Errol Flynn got him the part of 'the Fox' in The Court Jester in 1955, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome in 1947, and Macao in 1952. Ashley died on May 5, 2000 in San Diego, California, at age 96. Handsome and with a booming voice, Robert Warwick, portraying Pandit Rau, trained to be an opera singer, but acting proved to be his greater calling. He became a stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances to his credit. He started making silent films in 1914 and appeared in every type of television show from westerns like Broken Arrow and Sugarfoot to the adventure series Rescue 8, to the science fiction series The Twilight Zone, to the anthology series The Loretta Young Show. Warwick died in June 1964 in West Los Angeles, California, at the age of 85. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California. The screenplay for this episode was written by Tom Lewis, the series Executive Producer and husband of Miss Young. Directed by Harry Keller Screenplay by Tom Lewis from a story by Hobart Donovan Technical Advisor on India Aly Wassil Cast: Ayesha, the Maharani Loretta Young Alan Chandler Edward Ashley Pandit Rau Robert Warwick Devas (as a boy) David Kasday Martin Randall Mark Dana Devas (as a man) Aly Wassil Tutor Noel De Souza