The Merry Monarch

The Merry Monarch

1933 · 58 min · ★ 8.0 · Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

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.

Directed by Alexis Granowsky · Written by Fernand Crommelynck

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