King of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

The King of Hearts is a character from the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He is the king consort of the Queen of Hearts.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

When compared to the Queen of Hearts, the King of Hearts appears to be the moderate part of the Wonderland government. As an example, when the Queen, who enjoys ordering beheadings, attempts to have Alice executed (charged with being unable to answer who is lying down in front of her) the King of Hearts reminds her that she is only a child.

The King also quietly pardons many of the subjects the Queen has ordered to be beheaded when the Queen is not looking. This guarantees few people are actually beheaded. Nevertheless, when the Queen plays a game of croquet in the story, the only players who remain at the end are himself, the Queen, and Alice.

At the Knave of Hearts' trial, however, where he acts as judge, he is revealed to be quite juvenile, with such lines as, "don't be nervous or I'll have you executed on the spot" to the Mad Hatter, or asking the Duchess's cook irrelevant questions such as, "what are tarts made of?" Between the two of them, the King and Queen appear to present a fairly accurate reflection of the childish, reckless and confusing world of Wonderland.

King of Hearts

King of Hearts may refer to:

Books

Film and television

Music

Theater

King (playing card)

The king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. The king is usually the highest-ranking face card. In French playing cards and tarot decks, the king immediately outranks the queen. In Italian and Spanish playing cards, the king immediately outranks the knight. In German and Swiss playing cards, the king immediately outranks the Ober. In some games, the king is the highest-ranked card; in others, the ace is higher. In pinochle, schnapsen, and many other European games, both the ace and the 10 rank higher than the king.

The king card is the oldest and most universal court card. It descends directly from the Mamluk king card where it outranked the viceroy card.

In a French deck, the court cards do have names. Because the manufacture of playing cards was illegal in England during the Interregnum, when the English Restoration came and the court began playing card games, the suits in an English deck came from the French deck, but without all of the lore. For a period, starting in the 15th century, French playing-card manufacturers assigned to each of the court cards names taken from history or mythology. The names inscribed on these cards still appear on 32-card decks in France. The names for the kings in the French national pattern (Parisian or portrait officiel) are:

King of Hearts (song)

"King of Hearts" is a song recorded by American singer Cassie. It was written by Jay Singh, John J. Conte Jr. and Raelene Arreguin. "King of Hearts" is an uptempo electronic dance song that features jungle beats and escalating synths. The song is lyrically centered on the theme of seduction. Music critics praised it for the musical structure, many writing that it differs from most dance-pop music on the radio.

Background

MTV News reported in June 2007 that contrary to rumors, Cassie had not been dropped from Bad Boy Records after releasing two singles from her self-titled debut album. The original first single from Cassie's second studio album was to be "Official Girl", but its lack of commercial success prompted the label to release two other promotional singles: "Must Be Love" and "Let's Get Crazy", both which failed to garner commercial success. After several delays, it was announced in December 2009 that Cassie had signed a new record deal with Interscope Records. In late August 2011, Cassie announced that the album is complete, and that she recorded the last song for the album on August 26, 2011. On September 15, 2011, Cassie announced on 106 & Park that the lead single "King of Hearts" would premiere by the end of October 2011 and the album would be released in early 2012. The song was finally released for digital download on February 14, 2012 and serviced to US Rhythmic radio on March 13, 2012.

The King!

The King! is an album by jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet has never made an indifferent record, and this CD reissue of a Prestige date from 1968 has its strong moments. ... Enjoyable music but not all that essential".

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except as indicated

Personnel

The King (1936 film)

The King (French:Le roi) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Victor Francen, Raimu and Gaby Morlay. King Jean IV of Cerdagne visits Paris to sign an important treaty where he becomes involved with an actress and a dishonest Senator.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Cast

The King (video game)

The King is a computer game for the Dragon 32 home computer, written by Tom Mix software and published in the United Kingdom by Microdeal in 1983. In terms of gameplay it is an accurate clone of the arcade game Donkey Kong, and was originally named Donkey King before being renamed; gameplay remained unaltered.

The game uses the Dragon's high-resolution graphics mode, which only permits four colours onscreen; Microdeal offers user choice of which of three hard-coded palettes to use.

The game features a 'practice mode' identical to the normal game, except that the player receives nine lives instead of three. The screen layout can only indicate two lives in reserve, so there is no way to know how many lives remains until the second reserve vanished, indicating that there were two lives left, including the one in play.

The game features all four of the levels found in the original Japanese arcade version of Donkey Kong, but like the American arcade version, players do not progress straight through the levels but encounter them in the order: 1, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.