It's a King

It's a King
It's a King
	French poster
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Written by	Paul England; Claude Hulbert ; Bert Lee ; Jack Marks ; R. P. Weston ;
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Sydney Howard ; Joan Maude ; Cecil Humphreys ;
Cinematography	Cyril Bristow ; Freddie Young ;
Music by	Lew Stone ; Harris Weston;
Production; company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	1933;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Last updated August 22, 2025

It's a King is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Joan Maude and Cecil Humphreys.^[1] It was made at Elstree Studios by the producer Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions company.^[2]

Plot

Farce in which insurance agent Albert King is discovered to be the exact double of the king of Helgia, and even has his name in reverse (King Albert). Insurance man Albert enjoys a romance with a princess, before finally saving the King from assassination by anarchists.

Cast

Sydney Howard as Albert King / King Albert
Joan Maude as Princess Yasma
Cecil Humphreys as Count Yendoff
George De Warfaz as Colonel Brandt
Arthur Goullet as Leader
Franklyn Bellamy as Salvatore
Bela Berkes as himself
Lew Stone as himself

References

↑ "It's a King (1932)". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
↑ Wood p.75

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

It's a King at IMDb

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[1] "It's a King (1932)". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.

[2] Wood p.75

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