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King Kelly of the U.S.A.
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
	Cartoon Kelly sings to cartoon Catherine
Directed by	Leonard Fields
Written by	Story:; George C. Bertholon; Howard Higgin; Screenplay:; David Silverstein; Leonard Fields
Produced by	George C. Bertholon
Starring	Guy Robertson; Edgar Kennedy; Irene Ware; Ferdinand Gottschalk
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Music by	Bernie Grossman; Joe Sanders
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	September 15, 1934;
Running time	66 minutes
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Sprache	Englisch

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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.^[1]

Plot

James W. Kelly (Guy Robertson) and his pal Happy Moran (Edgar Kennedy) are taking their all-girl-dancing troupe "Kelly's Affairs" across the ocean on the SS Île de France to tour Europe. Despite warning his troupe not to fall in love, Kelly and the mysterious Catherine Bell (Irene Ware), fall for each other, literally. Maxine sets her gold-digging sights on wealthy J. Ashton Brockton (Franklin Pangborn). Brockton sends his secretary to buy Maxine out of Kelly's Affairs, but Kelly refuses to break up the act.

When their backers pull out, Happy and Kelly are unable to manage to scrounge enough dough to get the girls back home. Brockton has also been informed of bad news; his high paid contract as an efficiency expert to the Kingdom of Belgardia is a bad move as the nation is broke. The scheming Brockton sees his chance to kill two birds with one stone; he swaps management of the entire troupe of Kelly's Affairs to get his girlfriend and for exchange gives Kelly his position in Belgardia where Kelly and Happy believe they will "live like kings".

Belgardia in a tiny Kingdom of 50,012 where the GDP is measured in mops. When King Maxmilian leaves his royal palace for a bicycle ride, he has his bicycle destroyed in a country ditch. He hitches a ride with Kelly and Happy who believe him a tramp, and make him act as their servant to impress the King. With the incognito King carrying their bags, the gates of the Royal Palace are opened to them.

The pair discover that Belgardia is broke, especially hard hit by the fact that no one is buying mops as they now use vacuum cleaners instead. Spying a pair of tourists offering to pay money to get inside the castle, Kelly has a brainstorm to open the nation to tourism and charge fees for touring, then opens the palace as an amusement park with mops as prizes. As a crooner, Kelly tries to sell mops by appealing to women's vanity, using a radio show to pull the kingdom out of bankruptcy, and win Catherine Bell, who is actually Princess Tania, from their shipboard romance.

Time is running out, as Prince Alexis, (William Orlamond), invades, from the neighbouring country of Moronia, to seize the castle and marry the Princess. Their only defence, as the army has quit for not being paid, are the women tourist customers and their “Personality Mops”.

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 Tania's Maid
Dick Curtis as Otto the Palace Guard
Hattie McDaniel as the Black Narcissus Mop Buyer

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

^ https://earlysoundguy.com/2018/07/22/where-did-you-go-guy-robertson/ Guy Robertson at earlysoundguy.com

External links

King Kelly of the U.S.A. at IMDb
King Kelly of the U.S.A. at AllMovie
King Kelly of the U.S.A. is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

[1] ttps://earlysoundguy.com/2018/07/22/where-did-you-go-guy-robertson/ Guy Robertson at earlysoundguy.com

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+{{short description|1934 film directed by Leonard Fields}}
+{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}}
 {{Infobox film
-| name           =  '''King Kelly of the U.S.A'''.
+| name           = King Kelly of the U.S.A.
 | image          = Guy Robertson and Irene Ware, King Kelly of the U.jpg
+| caption        =  Cartoon Kelly sings to cartoon Catherine
-|image_size      = 200px
+| director       = Leonard Fields
-|caption         =  Cartoon [[Guy Robertson]] sings to [[Irene Ware]], in King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)|
+| writer         = '''Story:'''<br/>George C. Bertholon<br/>[[Howard Higgin]]<br/>'''Screenplay:'''<br/>[[David Silverstein]]<br>Leonard Fields
-| director       = [[Leonard Fields]]
-| producer       = [[George C. Bertholon]]
+| producer       = George C. Bertholon
-| writer         = '''Story:'''<br />George C. Bertholon<br />[[Howard Higgin]]<br />'''Screenplay:'''<br />[[David Silverstein]] <br>[[Leonard Fields]]
+| starring       = Guy Robertson<br/>[[Edgar Kennedy]]<br/>[[Irene Ware]]<br/>[[Ferdinand Gottschalk]]
-| starring       = [[Guy Robertson]]<br />[[Edgar Kennedy]]<br />[[Irene Ware]]<br />[[Ferdinand Gottschalk]]
-| music          = [[Bernie Grossman]]<br />[[Joe Sanders]]
 | cinematography = [[Robert H. Planck]]
 | editing        = [[Jack Ogilvie]]
-| distributor    =  [[Monogram Pictures]]
+| music          = [[Bernie Grossman]]<br/>[[Joe Sanders]]
+| distributor    = [[Monogram Pictures]]
-| released       = {{Start date|1934|09|15}}
+| released       = {{Film date|1934|09|15}}
 | runtime        = 66 minutes
 | country        = United States
 | language       = English
-| budget         =
-| gross          =
 }}
-'''''King Kelly of the U.S.A.''''' is a 1934 American romantic musical film directed by [[Leonard Fields]].
+'''''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.<ref>https://earlysoundguy.com/2018/07/22/where-did-you-go-guy-robertson/ Guy Robertson at earlysoundguy.com</ref>
+==Plot==
-The film is also known as '''''Irish and Proud of It'''''.
+James W. Kelly (Guy Robertson) and his pal Happy Moran ([[Edgar Kennedy]]) are taking their all-girl-dancing troupe "Kelly's Affairs" across the ocean on the [[SS Île de France]] to tour Europe. Despite warning his troupe not to fall in love, Kelly and the mysterious Catherine Bell ([[Irene Ware]]), fall for each other, literally. Maxine sets her [[gold digger|gold-digging]] sights on wealthy J. Ashton Brockton ([[Franklin Pangborn]]). Brockton sends his secretary to buy Maxine out of Kelly's Affairs, but Kelly refuses to break up the act.
+When their backers pull out, Happy and Kelly are unable to manage to scrounge enough [[Slang terms for money|dough]] to get the girls back home. Brockton has also been informed of bad news; his high paid contract as an [[Business process re-engineering|efficiency expert]] to the Kingdom of Belgardia is a bad move as the nation is broke. The scheming Brockton sees his chance to kill two birds with one stone; he swaps management of the entire troupe of Kelly's Affairs to get his girlfriend and for exchange gives Kelly his position in Belgardia where Kelly and Happy believe they will "live like kings".
-There is a running gag with [[exploding cigar]]s, and a curious animated sequence, during a song.
+Belgardia in a tiny Kingdom of 50,012 where the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] is measured in [[mop]]s. When King Maxmilian leaves his royal palace for a bicycle ride, he has his bicycle destroyed in a country ditch. He hitches a ride with Kelly and Happy who believe him a tramp, and make him act as their servant to impress the King. With the incognito King carrying their bags, the gates of the Royal Palace are opened to them.
-== 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.
+The pair discover that Belgardia is broke, especially hard hit by the fact that no one is buying mops as they now use [[vacuum cleaner]]s instead. Spying a pair of tourists offering to pay money to get inside the castle, Kelly has a brainstorm to open the nation to tourism and charge fees for touring, then opens the palace as an amusement park with mops as prizes. As a [[crooner]], Kelly tries to sell mops by appealing to women's vanity, using a radio show to pull the kingdom out of bankruptcy, and win Catherine Bell, who is actually Princess Tania, from their shipboard romance.
-When their backers pull out, Happy and Kelly manage to scrounge enough [[Slang terms for money|dough]] to get the girls back home; but, find themselves broke, in Europe, in a tiny country where the [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] is measured in [[mop]]s.
+Time is running out, as Prince Alexis, ([[William Orlamond]]), invades, from the neighbouring country of Moronia, to seize the castle and marry the Princess. Their only defence, as the army has quit for not being paid, are the women tourist customers and their “Personality 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, ([[Irene Ware]]), the mysterious Catherine Bell, from their shipboard romance.
+[[File:Guy Robertston falls for Irene Ware (1934).jpg|thumb|Guy Robertson, Irene Ware (1934)]]
-Time is running out, as Prince Alexis, ([[William Orlamond]]), invades, from the neighbouring country, to seize the castle and marry the Princess.
+==Cast==
-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.
+*Guy Robertson as James W. Kelly
-“Make Love not War”, could be their slogan, as the women all march to the castle, singing and waving their mops.
-[[File:Guy Robertston falls for Irene Ware (1934).jpg|thumb|[[Guy Robertson]] falls for [[Irene Ware]] (1934)]]
-== Cast ==
-*[[Guy Robertson]] as James W. Kelly
 *[[Edgar Kennedy]] as Happy Moran
 *[[Irene Ware]] as Princess Tania aka Catherine Bell
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 *[[Wilhelm von Brincken]] as Stranger
 *[[Otis Harlan]] as Prime Minister
-*[[Lorin Raker]] as Rodney
 *[[William Orlamond]] as Prince Alexis
-*[[Bodil Rosing]] as Maid
+*[[Bodil Rosing]] as Tania's Maid
+*[[Dick Curtis]] as Otto the Palace Guard
+*[[Hattie McDaniel]] as the Black Narcissus Mop Buyer
-== Soundtrack ==
+==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==
-== External links ==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+{{commons category|King Kelly of the U.S.A.}}
 * {{IMDb title|id=0025349|title=King Kelly of the U.S.A.}}
 * {{amg title|id=27390|title=King Kelly of the U.S.A.}}
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+[[Category:1934 romantic comedy films]]
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+[[Category:Films set in Europe]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Leonard Fields]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]