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'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.[Gabriel A. Sivan, George Berthold Samuelson (18891947): Britains Jewish film pioneer in Jewish Historical Studies, vol. 44 (2012) pp. 205206]
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.[ The picture was largely filmed at Barker's newly built Ealing Studios, where Barker gained a reputation for extravagant productions, often historical.][Oakley p. 58]
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.[
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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
Bibliography
* Oakley, Charles. 'Where We Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry'. Routledge, 2013.
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