The Royal Bed 1931
The Royal Bed
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
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Full Cast & Crew... King Eric VIII
... Princess Anne
... Freddie Granton
... Crown Prince William of Grec
... Martha, the Queen
... Pemier General Northrup
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See All 1 Reviews13 Jun 2022 by CinemaSerf
I quite enjoyed this rather daft story about a small European Kingdom presided over by "King Eric" (Lowell Sherman) - an ostensibly feeble monarch who is being manipulated by his wife "Queen Martha" (Nance O'Neil), his independently-minded daughter "Anne" (Mary Astor) and his rebellious Prime Minister "Gen. Northrup" (Robert Warwick) who, in cahoots with his wife, has arranged a convenient marriage for the unwilling daughter. The princess, meantime, has her eyes on the King's secretary "Granton" (Anthony Bushell) and when her mother travels to the USA, they plan to elope - except an attempted coup gets in their way... It's only 75 minutes, this. It features some well timed, lightly comedic, performances from Sherman and O'Neil, and given it can't have had much of a budget - it is really quite a well stitched together, good looking caper. For some reason, they altered the title from Robert Sherwood's play "The Queen's Husband" - which I think is more illustrative of the story than this rather misleadingly risqué one - it doesn't really help!
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Release Date:
Jan 15, 1931 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 15`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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The Royal Bed
I quite enjoyed this rather daft story about a small European Kingdom presided over by "King Eric" (Lowell Sherman) - an ostensibly feeble monarch who is being manipulated by his wife "Queen Martha" (Nance O'Neil), his independently-minded daughter "Anne" (Mary Astor) and his rebellious Prime Minister "Gen. Northrup" (Robert Warwick) who, in cahoots with his wife, has arranged a convenient marriage for the unwilling daughter. The princess, meantime, has her eyes on the King's secretary "Granton" (Anthony Bushell) and when her mother travels to the USA, they plan to elope - except an attempted coup gets in their way... It's only 75 minutes, this. It features some well timed, lightly comedic, performances from Sherman and O'Neil, and given it can't have had much of a budget - it is really quite a well stitched together, good looking caper. For some reason, they altered the title from Robert Sherwood's play "The Queen's Husband" - which I think is more illustrative of the story than this rather misleadingly risqué one - it doesn't really help!
Cast & Crew of
The Royal Bed
Directors & Credit Writers
FHW
F. Harmon Weight... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... King Eric VIII
... Princess Anne
... Freddie Granton
... Crown Prince William of Grec
... Martha, the Queen
... Pemier General Northrup
... Phipps, the King's servant
... Birten
... Fellman
... Laker
... Major Blent
... Lady in waiting
NLB
Nancy Lee Blaine... Lady in waiting
Produced By
HH
Henry Hobart... Associate Producer
... Producer