Nell Gwyn (1934)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 85m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis, Miles Malleson, Esme Percy (as Pepys)
Synopsis:
King Charles II takes a shine to a vaudeville singer and makes her his mistress, to the great displeasure of his official consort, the Duchesse d'Aubigny.
Review:
Doubtless inspired by the huge success of Korda's Private Life of Henry VIII, and by the reality that he had met Miss Neagle himself in similar manner, Wilcox adopts a similarly skittish tone for this historical comedy. Malleson's script is full of wit and sparkle, and Neagle, although delivering a one-note performance, relishes the plentiful innuendo. Hardwicke also displays considerable lightness of touch, even charm, as His Majesty. Less happily, the sound is rather primitive still, and the hyperactive, anachronistic score grates on the ear.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 85m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis, Miles Malleson, Esme Percy (as Pepys)
Synopsis:
King Charles II takes a shine to a vaudeville singer and makes her his mistress, to the great displeasure of his official consort, the Duchesse d'Aubigny.
Review:
Doubtless inspired by the huge success of Korda's Private Life of Henry VIII, and by the reality that he had met Miss Neagle himself in similar manner, Wilcox adopts a similarly skittish tone for this historical comedy. Malleson's script is full of wit and sparkle, and Neagle, although delivering a one-note performance, relishes the plentiful innuendo. Hardwicke also displays considerable lightness of touch, even charm, as His Majesty. Less happily, the sound is rather primitive still, and the hyperactive, anachronistic score grates on the ear.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 85m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Cedric Hardwicke, Jeanne De Casalis, Miles Malleson, Esme Percy (as Pepys)
Synopsis:
King Charles II takes a shine to a vaudeville singer and makes her his mistress, to the great displeasure of his official consort, the Duchesse d'Aubigny.
Review:
Doubtless inspired by the huge success of Korda's Private Life of Henry VIII, and by the reality that he had met Miss Neagle himself in similar manner, Wilcox adopts a similarly skittish tone for this historical comedy. Malleson's script is full of wit and sparkle, and Neagle, although delivering a one-note performance, relishes the plentiful innuendo. Hardwicke also displays considerable lightness of touch, even charm, as His Majesty. Less happily, the sound is rather primitive still, and the hyperactive, anachronistic score grates on the ear.