It's a King

It's a King
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Paul England Claude Hulbert Bert Lee Jack Marks R.P. Weston
Starring	Sydney Howard Joan Maude Cecil Humphreys
Music by	Lew Stone Harris Weston
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow Freddie Young
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release dates	1933
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It's a King is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Joan Maude and Cecil Humphreys.^[1] It was made at Elstree Studios by the producer Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions company.^[2]

Plot

Farce in which insurance agent Albert King is discovered to be the exact double of the king of Helgia, and even has his name in reverse (King Albert). Insurance man Albert enjoys a romance with a princess, before finally saving the King from assassination by anarchists.

Cast

Sydney Howard as Albert King / King Albert
Joan Maude as Princess Yasma
Cecil Humphreys as Count Yendoff
George De Warfaz as Colonel Brandt
Arthur Goullet as Leader
Franklyn Bellamy as Salvatore
Bela Berkes as Himself
Lew Stone as Himself

References

↑ "It's a King (1932)".
↑ Wood p.75

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

It's a King at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Jack Raymond

A Woman Misunderstood (1921)
Somehow Good (1927)
Second to None (1927)
Zero (1928)
A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
Splinters (1929)
French Leave (1930)
The Great Game (1930)
Up for the Cup (1931)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
Almost a Divorce (1931)
Mischief (1931)
Life Goes On (1932)
Say It with Music (1932)
Up to the Neck (1933)
Night of the Garter (1933)
Just My Luck (1933)
It's a King (1933)
Sorrell and Son (1934)
The King of Paris (1934)
Girls, Please! (1934)
Where's George? (1935)
Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
When Knights Were Bold (1936)
The Frog (1937)
The Rat (1937)
Blondes for Danger (1938)
No Parking (1938)
A Royal Divorce (1938)
The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)
The Missing People (1940)
You Will Remember (1941)
Up for the Cup (1950)
Take Me to Paris (1951)
Reluctant Heroes (1951)
Worm's Eye View (1951)
Little Big Shot (1952)

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