Sixty Years a Queen
- Herbert Maxwell
- Harry Engholm
- Arthur Shirley
- G.B. Samuelson
- G. B. Samuelson
- Will Barker
- Blanche Forsythe
- Louie Henri
- Fred Paul
company
- November 1913 (1913-11)
- Silent
- English intertitles
Sixty Years a Queen is a 1913 British silent historical film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Blanche Forsythe, Louie Henri and Fred Paul.
Outline
The film portrays the six decade-long reign of Queen Victoria, serving as a wider depiction of the Victorian era and its leading British figures. It was based on the 1897 non-fiction work of the same title by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet which had been written to celebrate Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.[1]
Production
The film was conceived in 1912 at a meeting between G. B. Samuelson and his brother Julian Wylie. Samuelson was looking for his first film project, and later brought in Will Barker as his co-producer.[1] The picture was largely filmed at Barker's newly built Ealing Studios, where Barker gained a reputation for extravagant productions, often historical.[2]
A great deal of money was invested in Sixty Years a Queen, and more than a thousand actors and extras were employed, on many locations. There was also much advance publicity. The picture was a great success at the box-offices, making the producers a profit of some £35,000.[1]
More than twenty years later Herbert Wilcox made a similar film, Sixty Glorious Years, which was also very popular.
Cast
- Blanche Forsythe as Queen Victoria (younger)
- Louie Henri as Queen Victoria (older)
- Fred Paul as Archbishop of Canterbury
- Roy Travers as Prince Albert
- Gilbert Esmond as Duke of Wellington
- E. Story Gofton as W.E. Gladstone
- Rolf Leslie as 27 Different Roles
- J. Hastings Batson
- Alfred Bailey Groves as Prince Edward
References
- ^ a b c Gabriel A. Sivan, “George Berthold Samuelson (1889–1947): Britain’s Jewish film pioneer” in Jewish Historical Studies, vol. 44 (2012) pp. 205–206
- ^ Oakley p. 58
Bibliography
- Oakley, Charles. Where We Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry. Routledge, 2013.
External links
- Sixty Years a Queen at IMDb
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