The King and the Chorus Girl
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.
Gravey 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
Alfred VII is a young and rich deposed king in exile in Paris and monumentally bored. When he becomes involved with a chorus girl whom he accidentally insults, her indignation provides an opportunity for his loyal courtiers to bring him back to life.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 as Folies Bergère Entertainers
- unbilled players include Virginia Dabney and Carole Landis