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Director
  
Leonard Fields

Distributed by
  
Monogram Pictures

Language
  
English

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

King Kelly of the USA movie poster

Writer
  
Howard Higgin
,
David Silverstein
,
Leonard Fields

Release date
  
September 15, 1934 (1934-09-15)

Genres
  
Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Musical, Musical comedy

Cast
  
Guy Robertson
(James W. Kelly),
Edgar Kennedy
(Happy Moran),
Irene Ware
(Princess Tania aka Catherine Bell),
Ferdinand Gottschalk
(King Maxmilian of Belgardia),
Franklin Pangborn
(J. Ashton Brockton),
Joyce Compton
(Maxine LaTour)

Similar movies
  
Children of Pleasure (1930), Romance on the High Seas (1948), Rosalie (1937), Footlight Serenade (1942), Paradise - Hawaiian Style (1966)

King Kelly of the U.S.A. is a 1934 American romantic musical film directed by Leonard Fields. The film stars then popular singer Guy Robertson in his only feature film appearance.

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Plot summary

James W. Kelly (Guy Robertson) and his pal Happy Moran (Edgar Kennedy) are taking their all-girl-dancing troupe across the ocean to tour Europe, when Kelly and the mysterious Catherine Bell (Irene Ware), fall for each other, literally.

When their backers pull out, Happy and Kelly manage to scrounge enough dough to get the girls back home; but, find themselves broke, in Europe, in a tiny country where the GDP is measured in mops. As a crooner, Kelly tries to sell enough mops, with a radio show, to pull the kingdom out of bankruptcy, and win Princess Tania, aka Catherine Bell, from their shipboard romance.

Time is running out, as Prince Alexis, (William Orlamond), invades, from the neighbouring country, to seize the castle and marry the Princess. Their only defence is the women and their “Personality Mops”, when the army quits, over back wages; and, Kelly is being marched off in front of a firing squad.

Cast

  • Guy Robertson as James W. Kelly
  • Edgar Kennedy as Happy Moran
  • Irene Ware as Princess Tania aka Catherine Bell
  • Ferdinand Gottschalk as King Maxmilian of Belgardia
  • Franklin Pangborn as J. Ashton Brockton
  • Joyce Compton as Maxine Latour
  • Wilhelm von Brincken as Stranger
  • Otis Harlan as Prime Minister
  • William Orlamond as Prince Alexis
  • Bodil Rosing as Maid

    • Soundtrack

  • Guy Robertson - "Right Next Door to Love" (Music by Joe Sanders, lyrics by Bernie Grossman)
  • Guy Robertson - "Believe Me" (Music by Joe Sanders, lyrics by Bernie Grossman)
  • Guy Robertson and the marching mop ladies - "There's a Love Song in the Air" (Music by Joe Sanders, lyrics by Bernie Grossman)

    • References

    King Kelly of the U.S.A. Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    King Kelly of the U.S.A. IMDb King Kelly of the U.S.A. themoviedb.org