The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)

USA, 94 min
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Original title The King and the Chorus Girl
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1937-08-23

Cast

Fernand Gravey (as Fernand Gravet)
Alfred Bruger VII

Joan Blondell
Miss Dorothy Ellis

Edward Everett Horton
greve Humbert Evel Bruger

Alan Mowbray
Donald Taylor

Mary Nash
hertiginnan Anna av Elberfield

Jane Wyman
Babette Latour

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Titles

Original title
  • The King and the Chorus Girl
Swedish release title
  • Kungen och balettflickan
Distribution title
  • Kongen og Korpigen (Danmark)
  • Kuningas ja balettityttö (Finland)
  • Kongen og korpiken (Norge)
  • Ein König und ein Girl (Österrike)
  • Le roi et la figurante (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Il re e la ballerina (Italien)
  • Romance Is Sacred (Storbritannien)
  • Una chica con suerte (Spanien)
Working title
  • Grand Passion
  • Romance in Paris

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Assistant Director
Dialogue
Musical Director
Costume Designer

Cast

Fernand Gravey (as Fernand Gravet) Alfred Bruger VII
Joan Blondell Miss Dorothy Ellis
Edward Everett Horton greve Humbert Evel Bruger
Alan Mowbray Donald Taylor
Mary Nash hertiginnan Anna av Elberfield
Jane Wyman Babette Latour
Luis Alberni Gaston
Kenny Baker solist på Folies Bergère
Al Shaw (as Shaw) underhållare i Folies Bergère
Sam Lee (as Lee) underhållare i Folies Bergère
Lionel Pape professor Kornish
Leonard Mudie lakej
Adrian Rosley (as Adrian Roseley) portvakt
- Ej krediterade:
Ben Welden första kyparen
Jacques Lory andra kyparen
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink chaufför
Torben Meyer Eric, butler
Robert Graves kapten på Ile de France
Georges Renavent kapten på yacht
Armand Kaliz teaterdirektör
Velma Wayne Bolerodansare
Georgette Rhodes flicka i garderoben
George Sorel första servitören
Alphonse Martell andra servitören
Sam Ash första violinisten
Lee Kohlmar andra violinisten
Gaston Glass officer
Adele St. Mauer kvinnlig steward
Michael Mark dörrvakt på teatern
Carole Landis flicka i kören

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
A Mervyn LeRoy Production
Copyright Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 1937-02-12 LP6975
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Warner Bros.-First National 1937

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 55889
Date 1937-07
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2565 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 94 min
Reels 10 reels


Release dates

First showing 1937-03-27 Strand New York City, New York USA 94 min
Release in Sweden 1937-08-23 Spegeln Stockholm Sweden 94 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title For You
Composer Werner R. Heymann (1937)
Lyrics Ted Koehler (1937)
Sung by Kenny Baker


Original title On the Rue de la Paix
Composer Werner R. Heymann (1937)
Lyrics Ted Koehler (1937)
Performed by kör


Original title Sailing, Sailing
Composer Godfrey Marks (1880)
Lyrics Godfrey Marks (1880)
Sung by Fernand Gravey


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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