''King of the Hotel'' (French:''Le roi des palaces'') is a 1932 British-French

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directed by

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and starring

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, Betty Stockfeld and Armand Dranem.Crisp p.309 It was based on a play by Henry Kistemaeckers. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. A separate English-language version ''

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'' was also made.

Cast

as Claude * Betty Stockfeld as Betty * Armand Dranem as King Stanislas de Poldavie *

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as Victoire * Georges Morton as Prefect of police *

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as Teddy Smith * Alexander D'Arcy as Alonzo * Emmanuel Ligny as Jimmy *

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* Suzette O'Nil *

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References

Bibliography

* Crisp, G.C. ''Genre, Myth, and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929–1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1932 films French comedy films British comedy films British films based on plays 1932 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Carmine Gallone Films with screenplays by Henri-Georges Clouzot French multilingual films French black-and-white films British black-and-white films 1932 multilingual films 1930s British films 1930s French films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub