The King on Main Street
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Duration Country United States | 6.2/10 Genre Comedy, Romance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25) Based on The King by Gaston Arman de CaillavetRobert de FlersEmmanuel Arene |
The King on Main Street is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Adolphe Menjou and Bessie Love. The film is based on 1908 French play Le Roi by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and Emmanuel Arène, and was adapted for the screen by Monte Bell.
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King on Main Street includes sequences filmed in early, two-strip Technicolor. These sequences, along with a print of the film, still exist.
Plot
King Serge IV of Molvania (Menjou) comes to a small American town, and falls in love with one of its residents, Mary Young (Love).
Cast
Production
The film was partially filmed on location in New York, New Jersey, and Coney Island.
Bessie Love's performance of the Charleston in this film popularized the dance within the United States.
Reception
The film did well at the box office, particularly in small town America.
References
The King on Main Street WikipediaThe King on Main Street IMDb The King on Main Street themoviedb.org