The Merry Monarch

Jul 16 1935 N/A 0h 58m
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Good King Pausole selects a wife for every day in the year, but one protests when he spends her day searching for young Princess Aline who has eloped with Giglio, a visiting airman stranded in the kingdom. Giglio comes from a modern and different world and this gives Queen for a Day some ideas about how to make her title a lasting one.

Plot

A 1933 British Production based on the novel by Pierre Louys' "The Adventures of King Pausole", a fantasy based on a theme of King Solomon and his many wives. Good King Pausole (Emil Jannings) selects a wife for every day in the year, but the one played by 'Sidney Fox' protests when he spends her day searching for his favorite daughter who has eloped with a visiting airman stranded in the kingdom. He comes from a modern and different world and this gives Queen for a Day some ideas about how to make her title a lasting one.

Written by

Pierre Louÿs, Fernand Crommelynck, Henri Jeanson

Directed by

Alexis Granowsky

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Société des films sonores Tobis, Algra

Languages

Français, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
27
Average Rating
4.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA