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The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)

The King and the Chorus Girl poster
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Genre
romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A European king falls for a showgirl in a nightclub. He tries to win her affection with the help of a bumbling friend. The story follows their comedic attempts at romance.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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