The King and the Chorus Girl

The King and the Chorus Girl
File:The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) Movie Poster.jpg Fernand Gravey and Joan Blondell in Movie Poster (1937)
Directed by	Mervyn LeRoy
Produced by	Mervyn LeRoy
Written by	Norman Krasna and Groucho Marx
Starring	Fernand Gravey Joan Blondell Edward Everett Horton Alan Mowbray
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Thomas Richards
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release dates	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.

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