The Queen's Affair

The Queen's Affair
Belgian poster
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Monckton Hoffe Miles Malleson Samson Raphaelson
Based on	The operetta Die Königin by Ernst Marischka & Bruno Granichstaedten [1]
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	Anna Neagle Fernand Gravey Muriel Aked
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	Merrill G. White
Music by	Oscar Straus Roy Robertson
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	February 1934 (1934-02)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

1. "Runaway Queen (1934) - Screenplay Info - TCM.com".
2. "Runaway Queen". 21 December 1934 – via IMDb.
3. BFI.org
4. Wood p.79
5. "Runaway Queen (1934) - Overview - TCM.com".
6. "The Runaway Queen".

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