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All the King's Horses

  • 19351935
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis in All the King's Horses (1935)
  • Comedy
  • Musical
  • Romance
Movie star changes places with a king who looks exactly like him, causing complications for all concerned.Movie star changes places with a king who looks exactly like him, causing complications for all concerned.Movie star changes places with a king who looks exactly like him, causing complications for all concerned.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
122
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  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • Laurence Clark(play "Carlo Rocco")
    • Max Giersberg(play "Carlo Rocco")
    • Frederik Herendeen(play "Carlo Rocco")
  • Stars
    • Carl Brisson
    • Mary Ellis
    • Edward Everett Horton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • Laurence Clark(play "Carlo Rocco")
    • Max Giersberg(play "Carlo Rocco")
    • Frederik Herendeen(play "Carlo Rocco")
  • Stars
    • Carl Brisson
    • Mary Ellis
    • Edward Everett Horton
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    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    Mary Ellis in All the King's Horses (1935)
    Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis in All the King's Horses (1935)
    Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis in All the King's Horses (1935)
    Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis in All the King's Horses (1935)

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    Carl Brisson
    Carl Brisson
    • King Rudolf XIVas King Rudolf XIV…
    Mary Ellis
    Mary Ellis
    • Elaine, the Queen of Langensteinas Elaine, the Queen of Langenstein
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaatas Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
    Katherine DeMille
    Katherine DeMille
    • Fraülein Mimias Fraülein Mimi
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Conrad Q. Conleyas Conrad Q. Conley
    Arnold Korff
    Arnold Korff
    • Baron Kraemer, Lord Chamberlainas Baron Kraemer, Lord Chamberlain
    Marina Koshetz
    Marina Koshetz
    • Steffias Steffi
    • (as Marina Schubert)
    Rosita
    Rosita
    • Ilonkaas Ilonka
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Count Batthyas Count Batthy
    Richard Barbee
    Richard Barbee
    • Second Gentlemanas Second Gentleman
    • (uncredited)
    De Don Blunier
    De Don Blunier
    • Chorineas Chorine
    • (uncredited)
    Audrene Brier
    Audrene Brier
    • Chorine on Trainas Chorine on Train
    • (uncredited)
    Patricia Chapman
    Patricia Chapman
    • Chorine on Trainas Chorine on Train
    • (uncredited)
    Lorinne Crawford
    • Chorus Girlas Chorus Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Jenny Dark
    • Chorine on Trainas Chorine on Train
    • (uncredited)
    Jean Fursa
    • Chorineas Chorine
    • (uncredited)
    Grace Hayle
    Grace Hayle
    • Henpecked Husband's Wifeas Henpecked Husband's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Keith Hitchcock
    • Crookas Crook
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Tuttle
    • Writers
      • Laurence Clark(play "Carlo Rocco")
      • Max Giersberg(play "Carlo Rocco")
      • Frederik Herendeen(play "Carlo Rocco")
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    Storyline

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    King Rudolf XIV of Langenstein, is too busy to make love to his wife, Queen Elaine of Langenstein, and good Queen Elaine is upset royally about it. She departs the palace and tells him she will not return until he learns how to make love to her,and, as a parting shot, until he also shaves off his ancestral beard. Too much of one thing and not enough of another. As often happens in Langenstein, an Hollywood actor, Carlo Rocco, who is an exact double for the king, shows up, and the King naturally hires him to take his place while the King goes to Vienna to learn how to live and make love. (Vienna?). Carlo not only is a good actor and capable replacement for, ere long, the Queen falls madly in love with a man she thinks is her husband. Plus, he has learned how to sing. (Pre-code film.) —Anonymous
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      • ROMANTIC MUSICAL DRAMA! (original poster)
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Musical
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • Passed
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    • Trivia
      One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
    • Soundtracks
      A Little White Gardenia
      (uncredited)

      by Sam Coslow

      Sung by Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis

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    6/10
    A Pleasant Bit of Nonsense
    Hollywood star Carl Brisson is visiting his homeland of Langenstein. He is commanded to a private audience with the King, also played by Carl Brisson. The Queen, Mary Ellis, has been complaining that the King's beard scratches and Carl talks Carl into shaving it off. Waddayaknow, they're twins! The King decides to take a vacation in Vienna as the star, accompanied by Edward Everett Horton (surely not everyone's first choice). The star masquerades as the King, while his manager, Eugene Pallette balances the budget. The Queen, not being in on the gag, is pleased with her non-scratching consort.

    It's an agreeable potpourri of operetta, Ruritanian romance and colatura singing by Miss Ellis, who had starred at the Metropolitan opera before she decided it was easier to be a straight actress. Mr. Brisson was also a good choice for a role that might have gone to Chevalier a year or two earlier. Although he is best remembered for being in a couple of late silent Hitchcock movies and being Rosalind Russell's father-in-law, he had begin as a song-and-dance man in Denmark, and his big number at the end, "Dancing the Viennese", got choreographer Leroy Prinz an Oscar nomination.

    It's a pleasant and unremarkable piece of fluff that did no one's career any particular good or harm. Brisson and Ellis returned to the stage. Director Frank Tuttle continued working for another quarter of a century, including helming Alan Ladd's breakout film. I enjoyed it.
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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1935 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hjärter kung
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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