King Kelly of the U.S.A.

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

Cartoon Guy Robertson sings to Irene Ware, in King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
Directed by Leonard Fields
Produced by George C. Bertholon
Written by Story:
George C. Bertholon
Howard Higgin
Screenplay:
David Silverstein
Leonard Fields
Starring Guy Robertson
Edgar Kennedy
Irene Ware
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Music by Bernie Grossman
Joe Sanders
Cinematography Robert H. Planck
Edited by Jack Ogilvie
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release dates
 September 15, 1934
Running time
 66 minutes
Country United States
Language English

King Kelly of the U.S.A. is a 1934 American romantic musical film directed by Leonard Fields.

The film is also known as Irish and Proud of It.

There is a running gag with exploding cigars, and a curious animated sequence, during a song.

Plot summary

James W. Kelly, (Guy Robertson), and his pal Happy Moran, (Edgar Kennedy), are taking their all-girl-dancing troupe across the ocean to tour Europe, when Kelly and the mysterious Catherine Bell, (Irene Ware), fall for each other, literally.

When their backers pull out, Happy and Kelly manage to scrounge enough dough to get the girls back home; but, find themselves broke, in Europe, in a tiny country where the GDP is measured in mops.

As a crooner, Kelly tries to sell enough mops, with a radio show, to pull the kingdom out of bankruptcy, and win Princess Tania, (Irene Ware), the mysterious Catherine Bell, from their shipboard romance.

Time is running out, as Prince Alexis, (William Orlamond), invades, from the neighbouring country, to seize the castle and marry the Princess.

Their only defence is the women and their “Personality Mops”, when the army quits, over back wages; and, Kelly is being marched off in front of a Firing Squad.

“Make Love not War”, could be their slogan, as the women all march to the castle, singing and waving their mops.

Guy Robertson falls for Irene Ware (1934)

Cast

Soundtrack

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