The King and the Chorus Girl

The King and the Chorus Girl
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 the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Mervyn LeRoy

No Place to Go (1927)
Hot Stuff (1929)
Playing Around (1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Numbered Men (1930)
Top Speed (1930)
Little Caesar (1931)
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Too Young to Marry (1931)
Five Star Final (1931)
Local Boy Makes Good (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)
Two Seconds (1932)
Three on a Match (1932)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
High Pressure (1932)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Tugboat Annie (1933)
The World Changes (1933)
Heat Lightning (1934)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
They Won't Forget (uncredited) (1937)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Escape (1940)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Johnny Eager (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The House I Live In (1945)
Without Reservations (1946)
Homecoming (1948)
Little Women (1949)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Latin Lovers (1953)
Mister Roberts (1955)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Toward the Unknown (1956)
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Home Before Dark (1958)
The FBI Story (1959)
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
A Majority of One (1961)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)
Gypsy (1962)
Mary, Mary (1963)
Moment to Moment (1966)
The Green Berets (1968)

Works by Norman Krasna

Plays	Louder, Please (1932) Small Miracle (1934) The Man with Blond Hair (1941) Dear Ruth (1945) John Loves Mary (1947) Time for Elizabeth (1949) Kind Sir (1954) Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958) Sunday in New York (1962) Love in E-Flat (1967) Watch the Birdie! (1969) Bunny (1970) We Interrupt This Program... (1975)

Films	Hollywood Speaks (1932) That's My Boy (1932) So This Is Africa (1933) Parole Girl (1933) Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! (1933) Bombshell (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Romance in Manhattan (1935) Hands Across the Table (1935) Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Fury (1936) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) As Good as Married (1937) Big City (1937) (also producer) The First Hundred Years (1938) (also producer) You and Me (1938) Bachelor Mother (1939) It's a Date (1940) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) It Started with Eve (1941) Princess O'Rourke (1943) (also director) Bride by Mistake (1944) (original story) Practically Yours (1944) The Big Hangover (1950) (also director) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Behave Yourself! (1951) (producer only) The Blue Veil (1951) (producer only) Clash by Night (1952) (producer only) The Lusty Men (1952) (producer only) White Christmas (1954) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) (also director) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Who Was That Lady? (1960) My Geisha (1962) Sunday in New York (1963) I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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