| Victoria the Great | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Miles Malleson Charles de Grand |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Anna Neagle Anton Walbrook Walter Rilla H.B. Warner Mary Morris |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Jill Irving |
| Music by | Anthony Collins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 112 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £150,000[2] |
Victoria the Great is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla.[3] When Laurence Housman's play Victoria Regina was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal family could not be shown on the British stage), its subsequent Broadway success prompted King Edward VIII to commission producer Herbert Wilcox to turn it into a film, commemorating the centenary of Victoria's reign.[4] The film biography of Queen Victoria concentrates initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861. It was released in the year of Victoria’s great-grandson King George VI's coronation, which was also the centennial of Victoria's own accession to the throne. The movie was so successful that a sequel appeared the following year, Sixty Glorious Years.[5]
- ^ "Victoria the Great: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ James Chapman ‘The Billings verdict’: Kine Weekly and the British Box Office, 1936–62' Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 20 Issue 2, Page 200-238, p 205
- ^ "Victoria the Great (1937)". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Victoria the Great - Film from RadioTimes".
- ^ "Victoria the Great (1937) - Notes - TCM.com".