The Queen's Affair
1934 British film by Herbert Wilcox
- February 1934 (1934-02)
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The Queen's Affair is a 1934 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman.[2] An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously deposed.[3] It was also released as Queen's Affair and Runaway Queen.
It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.[5] Gowns were designed by Doris Zinkeisen.[3]
Plot
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives unexpected news of an inheritance, and learns she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.
Cast
- Anna Neagle as Queen Nadina
- Fernand Gravey as Carl
- Muriel Aked as Marie Soubrekoff
- Miles Malleson as The Chancellor
- Gibb McLaughlin as General Korensky
- Michael Hogan as The Leader
- Stuart Robertson as Revolutionary
- Hay Petrie as Revolutionary
- Reginald Purdell as Soldier
- Edward Chapman as Soldier
- Clifford Heatherley as Diplomat
- David Burns as Manager
- Trefor Jones as Singer
- Arthur Chesney
- Dino Galvani
- Herbert Langley
- Helen Mardi
- Tarva Penna
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "This average musical features a good star turn by Neagle, but the whole film looks awfully dated."[6]
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- The Queen's Affair at IMDb
- The Queen's Affair at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Films by Herbert Wilcox
- Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
- Southern Love (1924)
- Decameron Nights (1924)
- The Only Way (1926)
- Nell Gwyn (1926)
- London (1926)
- Tip Toes (1927)
- Madame Pompadour (1927)
- Mumsie (1927)
- Dawn (1928)
- The Bondman (1929)
- The Woman in White (1929)
- The Loves of Robert Burns (1930)
- The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
- Carnival (1931)
- The Blue Danube (1932)
- Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
- Money Means Nothing (1932)
- The Little Damozel (1933)
- Bitter Sweet (1933)
- Yes, Mr Brown (1933)
- The Queen's Affair (1934)
- Nell Gwyn (1934)
- Peg of Old Drury (1935)
- This'll Make You Whistle (1936)
- Three Maxims (1936)
- London Melody (1937)
- Limelight (1937)
- Victoria the Great (1937)
- Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
- Irene (1940)
- No, No, Nanette (1940)
- Sunny (1941)
- They Flew Alone (1942)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- Yellow Canary (1943)
- I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
- Piccadilly Incident (1946)
- The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
- Spring in Park Lane (1948)
- Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
- Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
- Odette (1950)
- Into the Blue (1950)
- The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
- Derby Day (1952)
- Trent's Last Case (1952)
- Laughing Anne (1953)
- Trouble in the Glen (1954)
- Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
- King's Rhapsody (1955)
- My Teenage Daughter (1956)
- These Dangerous Years (1957)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
- Wonderful Things! (1958)
- The Lady Is a Square (1959)
- The Heart of a Man (1959)
- The Wonderful Story (1922)
- Flames of Passion (1922)
- Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
- A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
- When Knights Were Bold (1929)
- Black Waters (1929)
- Splinters (1929)
- Rookery Nook (1930)
- Wolves (1930)
- Warned Off (1930)
- On Approval (1930)
- Plunder (1930)
- Tons of Money (1930)
- The Speckled Band (1931)
- Almost a Divorce (1931)
- Up for the Cup (1931)
- Mischief (1931)
- A Night Like This (1932)
- Life Goes On (1932)
- The Mayor's Nest (1932)
- Thark (1932)
- The Love Contract (1932)
- Leap Year (1932)
- The Flag Lieutenant (1932)
- Say It with Music (1932)
- The Barton Mystery (1932)
- The King's Cup (1933)
- Discord (1933)
- One Precious Year (1933)
- The Blarney Stone (1933)
- Lord of the Manor (1933)
- It's a King (1933)
- Summer Lightning (1933)
- Purse Strings (1933)
- That's a Good Girl (1933)
- Up for the Derby (1933)
- Just My Luck (1933)
- Trouble (1933)
- Night of the Garter (1933)
- Sorrell and Son (1933)
- Faces (1934)
- Lucky Loser (1934)
- It's a Cop (1934)
- General John Regan (1934)
- Girls, Please! (1934)
- Up to the Neck (1934)
- The King of Paris (1934)
- Lilies of the Field (1934)
- Brewster's Millions (1935)
- Escape Me Never (1935)
- Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
- Fame (1936)
- The Frog (1937)
- The Rat (1937)
- The Return of the Frog (1938)
- A Royal Divorce (1938)
- No Parking (1938)
- Blondes for Danger (1938)
- The Beggar's Opera (1953)
- Yangtse Incident (1957)
- The Navy Lark (1959)
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