King I encountered in stories and films (7)

I believe the answer is:

talkies

'films' is the definition.
(talkie is a kind of film)

'king i encountered in stories' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k'.
'encountered in' is an insertion indicator.
'stories' becomes 'tales' ('tale' can be a synonym of 'story'**).
'k'+'i'='ki'
'ki' placed inside 'tales' is 'TALKIES'.

'and' is the link.

(Another definition for talkies that I've seen is " The early movies, just after the silent era".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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