Sixty Years a Queen

Sixty Years a Queen
Sixty Years a Queen
Directed by	Bert Haldane
Written by	Herbert Maxwell Harry Engholm Arthur Shirley G.B. Samuelson
Produced by	G. B. Samuelson Will Barker
Starring	Blanche Forsythe Louie Henri Fred Paul
Production company	Barker Motion Photography
Distributed by	Royal Film Distributors
Release date	November 1913(1913-11)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent Englishintertitles

Sixty Years a Queenis a 1913 Britishsilenthistorical filmdirected byBert Haldaneand starringBlanche Forsythe,Louie HenriandFred Paul.

Outline

The film portrays the six decade-long reign ofQueen Victoria,serving as a wider depiction of theVictorian eraand its leading British figures. It was based on the 1897 non-fiction work of the same title bySir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronetwhich had been written to celebrateVictoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Production

The film was conceived in 1912 at a meeting betweenG. B. Samuelsonand his brotherJulian Wylie.Samuelson was looking for his first film project, and later brought inWill Barkeras his co-producer.The picture was largely filmed at Barker's newly builtEaling Studios,where Barker gained a reputation for extravagant productions, often historical.

A great deal of money was invested inSixty 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.

More than twenty years laterHerbert Wilcoxmade a similar film,Sixty Glorious Years,which was also very popular.

Cast

• Blanche ForsytheasQueen Victoria(younger)
• Louie Henrias Queen Victoria (older)
• Fred PaulasArchbishop of Canterbury
• Roy TraversasPrince Albert
• Gilbert Esmond asDuke of Wellington
• E. Story Gofton asW.E. Gladstone
• Rolf Leslieas 27 Different Roles
• J. Hastings Batson
• Alfred Bailey Groves asPrince Edward

Bibliography

• Oakley, Charles.Where We Came In: Seventy Years of the British Film Industry.Routledge, 2013.

External links

• Sixty Years a QueenatIMDb