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 (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 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.
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
Production The King and the Chorus Girl was in production in early November, and filming wrapped up in late December, 1936.
References
External links
The King and the Chorus Girl at AllMovie