All the King's Horses (1935 film)

• Carl Brisson: King Rudolf / Carlo Rocco
• Mary Ellis: Queen Elaine
• Edward Everett Horton: Count Peppi of Schlapstaat
• Katherine DeMille: Miss Mimi
• Arnold Korff: Baron Chandler

All the King's Horses is an American comedy film from the year 1934 after the eponymous musical by Frederik Herendeen and Edward Horan and the play of Carlo Rocco Laurence Clark and Max greed mountain.

Action

Queen Elaine of Long Stone loves her husband Rudolf XIV The only thing that bothers them is his beard. When she asks him after a year of marriage, shave the beard, he refuses. Elaine leaves him. Rudolph's friend, film star Carlo Rocco, convinced him to shave off the beard to save his marriage. As the beard is off, both realize that they are similar as twins. Carlo offers the king to represent him for a while.

Rudolf travels with his secretary, the Count " Peppi " of Schlapstaat and his assistant Miss Mimi, who is secretly in love with the king, to Vienna. Being in a newspaper Elaine sees the beardless face of the king, she rushes home. Her husband, in truth his double Carlo, while accepting their return, but is distanced by the way. Carlo does everything to pretend his love for Elaine. Elaine believes, however, the schemer Baron Chandler wanted to bring them apart and the king. She asks Carlo to travel with her to Grinzing, where she and Rudolf spent their honeymoon.

Carlo approaches to Vienna to find the king. In Vienna Peppi has organized an appearance for Carlo, the also completed this. There is just enough time to go by Rudolf Grinzing. But Carlo can not find the king, who has laid to rest. He now drives himself to Grinzing. There he meets with Elaine. Carlo dances with her until that Rudolf finally shows up. The two switch places, as Elaine dreamily closes her eyes.

Criticism

Andre Mountain Forest of the New York Times acknowledged that the melodies sound pleasant and the two main characters meet them. But the pace of the film is so leisurely that you have a feeling he might be in backwards.

Awards

1936 LeRoy Prince was nominated in the category Best Dance Director for the Oscar.

Background

The production of Paramount Pictures premiered on 13 February 1934.

The film is one of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed 1929-1949, and their television rights were purchased in 1958 by Universal Pictures.