A King in New York - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[fred]

Penultimate film for Charlie Chaplin, and his first in five years since Limelight (1952). Chaplin's last film would not be for another ten years with A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

[chris]

The first film that Charles Chaplin made in the UK after his exile from America, and his last leading role in a movie.

[morris]

Due to his inexperience and lack of confidence as an actor, Michael Chaplin can frequently be seen mouthing in sync with his scene partners' lines as well as tripping up on some lines.

[jesse]

Not released in the United States until 1972.

[wesley]

The King is depicted as arriving in New York City and getting off a Pan American World Airways 1954 Douglas DC-6B, registration N6117C, named "Clipper DeSoto". Sold to an Icelandic airline in 1961, this plane continued to fly with various other airlines until it was scrapped in 1980.

[claude]

Shot for only 12 weeks, the shortest shooting schedule of all of Charles Chaplin's films.

[claude]

Dawn Addams replaced Kay Kendall.

[ruby]

Before coming up with the idea for this film, Charles Chaplin had thought of two ideas that he eventually decided against. One was the idea of reviving The Little Tramp (because he realized that the appeal to the tramp was his flexibility), and the other was reviving Verdoux from Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (his wife and assistant strongly argued against it.)