SKU: DIS22762
Eloise at the Plaza - 1 DVD - 90 Minutes - 1 Episodes - DVD Street Release Date: November 11, 2003 - dvdtvshows.com status: Special Order, may be ordered now. Please allow an additional 3 days for delivery. - Created by author/entertainer Kay Thompson in 1955, precocious six-year-old Eloise, who lived in the Plaza Hotel with her long-suffering nanny, her dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee, was the heroine of several delightful children's books written by Thompson and whimsically illustrated by Hilary Knight. This time around, Sofia Vassilieva played the title role, with Julie Andrews as Eloise's nanny. The plot finds Eloise insisting upon attending a debutante ball at the Plaza and further conniving to have a runaway foreign prince (Denis Akiyama) -- who isn't much older than she is -- as her escort. Our heroine also mends fences between a reluctant teenage deb and the girl's pushy mother. Jeffrey Tambor is typecast as the Plaza's supercilious concierge Mr. Salomone, whose dithering efforts to keep Eloise from nosing into other people's business avail him not one bit. Hilary Knight appears in a cameo role as himself. Eloise at the Plaza first aired April 27, 2003. – Quote from Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide Disney