The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
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Groucho Marx received co-writer credit (along with his old friend Norman Krasna) for King and the Chorus Girl, though very little Marxian wit is in evidence. What remains is a fun but forgettable comedy about a European monarch (Fernand Gravet) who woos and wins a down-to-earth American chorine (Joan Blondell) who works at the Folies Bergere. Edward Everett Horton and Jane Wyman (fifth-billed) provide comic relief as the respective best friends and severest critics of the leading players. The film had a topical edge in that it was released the year after Britain's King Edward renounced his throne for American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Significantly, King and the Chorus Girl was released in England as Romance is Sacred, effectively downplaying the touchy "royal" angle. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Fernand Gravey - Alfred
- Edward Everett Horton - Count Humbert
- Jane Wyman - Babette
- Shaw and Lee - Folies Bergere Entertainer
- Luis Alberni - Gaston
- Lionel Pape - Prof. Kornish
- Ferdinand Schumann-Heink - Chauffeur
- Armand Kaliz - Theatre Manager
- Carole Landis
- George Sorel
- Adele St. Maur - Stewardess
- Georges Renavent - Yacht Captain
- Torben Meyer - Eric
- Lee Kohlmar - Violinist
- Joan Blondell - Dorothy
- Alan Mowbray - Donald
- Mary Nash - Duchess Anna
- Kenny Baker - Soloist
- Ben Welden - Waiter
- Leonard Mudie - Footman
- Robert Graves - Captain of the Ocean Liner
- Sam Ash
- Georgette Rhodes - Hatcheck Girl
- Carlos San Martin - Policeman
- Adrian Rosley - Concierge
- Alphonse Martell - Servant
- Jacques Lory - Waiter
- Gaston Glass - Junior Officer
- Director(s):
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Writer(s):
- Norman Krasna, Groucho Marx
- Producer(s):
- Mervyn LeRoy
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