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.

The King and the Chorus Girl

Mervyn LeRoy

Norman Krasna
Groucho Marx

Mervyn LeRoy

Fernand Gravey
Joan Blondell
Edward Everett Horton
Alan Mowbray

March 27, 1937 (1937-03-27)

94 minutes

United States

English

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[edit]

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 (by falling asleep), her indignation provides an opportunity for his loyal courtiers to bring him back to life.

as Alfred Bruger VII

Fernand Gravey

as Miss Dorothy Ellis

Joan Blondell

as Count Humbert Evel Bruger

Edward Everett Horton

as Donald Taylor

Alan Mowbray

as Duchess Anna of Elberfield

Mary Nash

as Babette Latour

Jane Wyman

as Gaston

Luis Alberni

as Professor Kornisch

Lionel Pape

as Folies Bergère Soloist

Kenny Baker

Al Shaw and Sam Lee (Shaw and Lee) as Folies Bergère Entertainers

unbilled players include Virginia Dabney and

Carole Landis

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