King of the Hotel (French:Le roi des palaces) is a 1932 British-French comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jules Berry, Betty Stockfeld and Armand Dranem.Crisp p.309 It was based on a play by Henry Kistemaeckers. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.
A separate English-language version King of the Ritz was also made.
Cast Jules Berry as Claude Betty Stockfeld as Betty Armand Dranem as King Stanislas de Poldavie Simone Simon as Victoire Georges Morton as Prefect of police Guy Sloux as Teddy Smith Alexander D'Arcy as Alonzo Emmanuel Ligny as Jimmy José Noguéro Suzette O'Nil Simone Chobillon
References
Bibliography Crisp, G.C. Genre, Myth, and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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