The King and the Chorus Girl
Appearance
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Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Written by | Norman Krasna Groucho Marx |
Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
Starring | Fernand Gravey Joan Blondell Edward Everett Horton Alan Mowbray |
Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
Edited by | Thomas Richards |
Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
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Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date | March 27, 1937 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The King and the Chorus Girl is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fernand Gravey, Joan Blondell and Edward Everett Horton.
Fernand Gravey plays Alfred VII, a young and rich deposed King in exile in Paris, monumentally bored. When he becomes involved with a chorus girl whom he accidentally insults (by falling asleep), her indignation provides an opportunity for his loyal courtiers to bring him back to life.
Gravey (billed as "Gravet") was at the time the subject of a significant studio publicity campaign to build his image.
The film is notable for being the only one with a screenplay officially credited to Groucho Marx.
Plot summary
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Cast
- Fernand Gravey as Alfred Bruger VII
- Joan Blondell as Miss Dorothy Ellis
- Edward Everett Horton as Count Humbert Evel Bruger
- Alan Mowbray as Donald Taylor
- Mary Nash as Duchess Anna of Elberfield
- Jane Wyman as Babette Latour
- Luis Alberni as Gaston
- Lionel Pape as Professor Kornisch
- Kenny Baker as Folies Bergère Soloist
- Al Shaw and Sam Lee (Shaw and Lee) as Folies Bergère Entertainers
- unbilled players include Virginia Dabney and Carole Landis
External links
- The King and the Chorus Girl at IMDb
- The King and the Chorus Girl at AllMovie
- The King and the Chorus Girl at the TCM Movie Database
- The King and the Chorus Girl at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films