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The Royal Bed

"Year's Sparkling Comedy Sensation"

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.

Top Cast

  • Lowell Sherman

    Lowell Sherman

    King Eric VIII

  • Mary Astor

    Mary Astor

    Princess Anne

  • Anthony Bushell

    Anthony Bushell

    Freddie Granton

  • Hugh Trevor

    Hugh Trevor

    Crown Prince William of Grec

  • Nance O'Neil

    Nance O'Neil

    Martha, the Queen

  • Robert Warwick

    Robert Warwick

    Pemier General Northrup

  • Gilbert Emery

    Gilbert Emery

    Phipps, the King's servant

  • Alan Roscoe

    Alan Roscoe

    Birten

  • Frederick Burt

    Frederick Burt

    Fellman

Overview

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.

Rating

4.3 / 10
12 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 13, 2022

    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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