All the Kings Horses is a 1935 American comedy musical film adapted from the 1934 Broadway musical of the same name by Frederick Herendeen (musical book and lyricist) and Edward A. Horan (music composer) which was in turn based on the play Carlo Rocco by Lawrence Clarke and Max Giersberg. The film was directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Carl Brisson and Mary Ellis. The film tells the story of a film actor who changes places with a Ruritanian prince. The screenplay is based on a play by Lawrence Clark, Max Giersberg, Frederik Herendeen and Edward Horan.

The film was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Dance Direction.

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Cast

Carl Brisson as King Rudolf XIV/Carlo Rocco

Mary Ellis as Elaine, Queen of Langenstein

Edward Everett Horton as Count Josef von Schlapstaat

Katherine DeMille as Miss Mimi

Eugene Pallette as Con Conley

Arnold Korff as Baron Kraemer

References

In Hungary, the film was banned by the National Motion Picture Examination Committee (distribution, presentation - July 25, 1935). A magyarországon a filmet az Országos Mozgóképvizsgáló Bizottság betiltotta (forgalmazását, terjesztését, bemutatását - 1935. július 25.). https://adtplus.arcanum.hu/hu/view/AzEst_1935_07/

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Bibliography

Eames, John Douglas, The Paramount Story, London: Octopus Books, 1985

Maltin, Leonard, Classic Movie Guide, New York: Plume, 2010

External links

1935 films

American black-and-white films

1930s English-language films

Paramount Pictures films

1935 musical comedy films

American musical comedy films

American films based on plays

1930s American films

All the King's Horses (film)