The King's Breakfast

The King's Breakfast (1963)

A king misses the butter on his slice of bread.

Date of release
1963-01-01
Runtime
28m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Wendy Toye

Casting

Interesting facts

The King's Breakfast is a 1963 British short musical family film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Maurice Denham, Mischa Auer, and Reginald Beckwith. It was written by Toye based on the 1924 poem The King's Breakfast by A.A. Milne.

Production

After the failure of their chaotic and pointedly literal illustrating of the lyrics to the traditional Christmas carol "The Twelve Days" (1953), British film director and choreographer Wendy Toye and satirical-cartoonist-turned-set-designer Ronald Searle teamed up with composer Ron Grainer to create a film adaptation of the Milne poem.

Colour photos taken on the set give a guide to the original appearance of the film. The stills photographer on the production was Douglas Webb, a former Dambusters raid veteran.

During production, the poem was expanded to other ideas and story lines relating to interpersonal relations within a castle environment. The characters of the Master of the King's Music, the magician, the chamberlain, the gym instructor, the serpent player, the musicians, and the Tweeney were all created for the film.

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