Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

The King on Main Street

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
6.4
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
6.4
1 Ratings
100
90
80
70
61
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Monta Bell

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Language
  
Silent film (English intertitles)

Writer
  
Monta Bell
,
Douglas Zoty

Release date
  
October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25)

Based on
  
The King  by Gaston Arman de Caillavet Robert de Flers Emmanuel 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.

Contents

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

  • Bessie Love as Mary Young
  • Adolphe Menjou as King Serge IV of Molvania
  • Greta Nissen as Therese Manix
  • Oscar Shaw as John Rockland
  • Joseph Kilgour as Arthur Trent
  • Edgar Norton as Hugo Jensen
  • Mario Majeroni as Count Krenko
  • Carlotta Monterey as Mrs. Nash
  • Marcia Harris as Aunt Tabitha Young
  • Edouard Durand as Bourdier
  • Lois Wilson as Guest in Lobby (uncredited)
  • Jack La Rue as One of the King's Servants in Paris (uncredited)

    • 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 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The King on Main Street IMDb The King on Main Street themoviedb.org