The Queen's Affair

{{Short description|1934 British film by Herbert Wilcox}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Queen's Affair

| image = "The_Queen's_Affair"_(1934).jpg

| caption = Belgian poster

| director = Herbert Wilcox

| producer = Herbert Wilcox

| writer = Monckton Hoffe
Miles Malleson
Samson Raphaelson

| based_on = The operetta Die Königin by Ernst Marischka & Bruno Granichstaedten{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/561817/runaway-queen#film-details|title=Runaway Queen (1934) - Screenplay Info - TCM.com}}

| starring = Anna Neagle
Fernand Gravey
Muriel Aked

| music = Oscar Straus
Roy Robertson

| cinematography = Freddie Young

| editing = Merrill G. White

| studio = British and Dominions

| distributor = United Artists

| released = {{Film date|1934|02}}

| runtime = 77 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025694/|title=Runaway Queen|date=21 December 1934|via=IMDb}} An Eastern European President falls in love with the Queen whom he had previously deposed.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114061154/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/47506 BFI.org] It was also released as Queen's Affair and Runaway Queen.

It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios.Wood p.79 The film's sets were designed by the art director Lawrence P. Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/561817/runaway-queen|title=Runaway Queen (1934) - Overview - TCM.com}} Gowns were designed by Doris Zinkeisen.

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

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "This average musical features a good star turn by Neagle, but the whole film looks awfully dated."{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-runaway-queen/review/116431/|title=The Runaway Queen}}

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.