All the King's Horses
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | All the King's Horses |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1935 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Tuttle |
| script | Frank Tuttle, Frederick Stephani , Edmund H. North |
| production | William LeBaron |
| music |
John Leipold , Milan Roder , Heinz Roemheld |
| camera | Henry Sharp |
| occupation | |
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All the King's Horses is an American comedy film from 1934 based on the musical of the same name by Frederik Herendeen and Edward Horan and the play Carlo Rocco by Laurence Clark and Max Giersberg.
action
Queen Elaine von Langenstein loves her husband Rudolf XIV. The only thing that bothers her is his beard. When she asks him to shave off his beard after a year of marriage, he refuses. Elaine leaves him. Rudolf's friend, the film star Carlo Rocco, convinces him to shave off his beard in order to save his marriage. When the beard is gone, they both realize that they are like twins. Carlo offers the king to replace him for a while.
Rudolf travels to Vienna with his secretary, Count "Peppi" von Schlapstaat, and his assistant, Miss Mimi, who is secretly in love with the king. When Elaine sees the beardless face of the king in a newspaper, she rushes home. Her husband, actually his doppelganger Carlo, accepts her return home, but is otherwise aloof. Carlo does everything possible to fake his love for Elaine. However, Elaine believes the schemer Baron Krämer wants to separate her and the king. She asks Carlo to travel with her to Grinzing, where she and Rudolf spent their honeymoon.
Carlo rushes to Vienna to find the king. In Vienna, Peppi organized a performance for Carlo, which he also performed. There is still just enough time to go to Grinzing with Rudolf. But Carlo cannot find the king who has retired. He is now going to Grinzing himself. There he meets with Elaine. Carlo dances with her until Rudolf finally shows up. The two swap places when Elaine dreamily closes her eyes.
criticism
Andre Sennwald of the New York Times acknowledged that the melodies sound nice and that the two main characters do them justice. But the pace of the film is so leisurely that you have the feeling that it is running backwards.
Awards
1936 was LeRoy Prinz in the category Best Dance Direction nominated for an Oscar.
background
The Paramount Pictures production premiered on February 13, 1935.
The film is one of over 700 Paramount productions shot between 1929 and 1949, the television rights of which were purchased by Universal Pictures in 1958 .
Web links
- All the King's Horses in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- All the King's Horses in the All Movie Guide (English)