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King of the Ritz |
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King of the Ritz - 1933 | 81 mins | Musical | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Carmine Gallone. Producer: Michael Balcon. Script: Clifford Grey and Ivor Montagu. (from the play Le roi des palaces by Henry Kistemaekers) Art Direction: Norman Arnold. |
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The CastStanley Lupino - Claude King Betty Stockfeld - Mrs. Cooper Hugh Wakefield - King of Blitz Henry Kendall - Teddy Smith Gina Malo - Victoria Gibb McLaughlin - Baron Popov Harry Milton - Alonso |
Plot SynopsisMusical comedy. Claude King (Stanley Lupino), head porter at the Paris Ritz Hotel, woos and wins a wealthy widow (Betty Stockfield) much too the annoyance of the maid (Gina Malo) who loves him. Claude has a title bestowed on him by an impoverished king after saving her family jewels, but when he and the widow go to inspect their ancestral home – it falls to pieces. Claude goes back to the maid – and the Ritz. |
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