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Victoria the Great (Original title)
Date: 1937 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Herbert Wilcox

Synopsis: The home life and romance of Queen Victoria and her handling of people and problems.

Genres:
Biopic, Historical drama

Subjects:
Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819-1901), Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)
Releases
Date: 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Length: 10152 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (27)
Presents: Imperator Film Productions, Opening Logo: RKO Radio Pictures, Produced by: Herbert Wilcox, Production Manager: Tom White, Asst. Direction: Lloyd Richards, Scenario and Dialogue: Miles Malleson, Charles De Grandcourt, Photography: F.A. Young, Technicolor Photography: William V. Skall, Technicolor Colour Director: Mrs N. Kalmus, Supervising Editor: James Elmo Williams, Editor: Jill Irving, Art Direction: L.P. Williams, Designs: Doris Zinkeisen, Tom Heslewood, Costumes: Margaret Jenn, Make-up and Hairdressing: Guy Pearce, Patricia Pearce, Musical Score: Anthony Collins, Music Performed by: The London Symphony Orchestra, Music Performed by: The Band of His Majesty's Life Guards, Musical Direction: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recording: L.E. Overton, Recorded on: Western Electric, [Boom Operator]: John W. Mitchell, Made at the: Denham Studios
Cast (53)
Anna Neagle (Queen Victoria), Anton Walbrook (Prince Albert), H.B. Warner (Lord Melbourne), Walter Rilla (Prince Ernest), Mary Morris (the Duchess of Kent), Felix Aylmer (Lord Palmerston), James Dale (the Duke of Wellington), Charles Carson (Sir Robert Peel), C.V. France (the Archbishop of Canterbury), Gordon McLeod (John Brown), Arthur Young (William Gladstone), Greta Wegener (the Baroness Lehzen), Paul Leyssac (Baron Stockmar), Derrick de Marney (Benjamin Disraeli (young)), Hugh Miller (Benjamin Disraeli (old)), Percy Parsons (President Abraham Lincoln), Hubert Harben (Lord Conyngham), Henry Hallatt (Joseph Chamberlain), William Dewhurst (John Bright), Frank Birch (Sir Charles Dilke), Robert Atkins (Garter King at Arms), Tom Heslewood (Sir Francis Grant), Lewis Casson (the Archbishop of Canterbury (jubilee)), Ivor Barnard (assassin), Arnold Lucy, Neil Mckay, Bert Bendon, Syd Crossley, Hal Gordon (.), Miles Malleson (Sir James, the physician), Edgar Driver (pearly king), G. Moore Marriott (train driver), Charles Lefeaux (Earl of Albermarle), O.B. Clarence (coachman-in-chief), Clarence Blakiston (Duke of Sussex), Vi Kaley (.), Marie Wright (old Kitty), Joan Young ([Miss Pitt]), Wyndham Goldie ([Cecil Rhodes]), Elizabeth Vaughan ([Mistress of Robes]), Angela Braemar ([Princess Alice]), Rupert Mitford ([Lord George Bentinck]), Julian Royce ([Duke of Cambridge]), Aubrey Mallalieu ([bishop at the palace]), Gordon Clunes, Stanley Vine ([gentleman in waiting]), Pamela Storme, Phyllis Goodwin, Imelda Hayes, Renee Harper, Madeleine Davis, Felicia Godsell, Sara Randolph ([young lady in waiting])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (10)
In: Screen International n379 29 Jan 1983  Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n379 29 Jan 1983: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note on the restoration work which has been done by the NFA on the film.

In: Today's Cinema v75 n6100 11 Oct 1950
Title: [Today's Cinema - v75 n6100 11 Oct 1950: no known title]Language: English

In: The Picturegoer v7 n345 1 Jan 1938  Page: 9
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n345 1 Jan 1938: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n45 September 1937  Page: 191
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n45 September 1937: no known title]Language: English

In: The Picturegoer v7 n344 25 Dec 1937  Page: 23
Title: [The Picturegoer - v7 n344 25 Dec 1937: no known title]Language: English

In: Photoplay Studies v3 n8 1937
Title: [Photoplay Studies - v3 n8 1937: no known title]Language: English
Description: Guide to appreciation of the film.

In: Kinematograph Weekly n1588 23 Sep 1937
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1588 23 Sep 1937: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n46 October 1937  Page: 226
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n46 October 1937: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English

In: Film Weekly v19 n467 25 Sep 1937
Title: [Film Weekly - v19 n467 25 Sep 1937: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound v6 n24 Winter 1937/38  Page: Winter 204
Title: [Sight and Sound - v6 n24 Winter 1937/38: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Past and present: national identity and the British historical film
Author: CHAPMAN, James  Pages: xv, 400 p.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(66)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW and Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10879 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-575049
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10042 FeetBFI identifier: C-184929
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-637289
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI



Digital materials(1)
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-637289
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI



Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-231887
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape


Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376881
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Description: 35mm Base: NitrateBFI identifier: C-505834
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Description: 35mm BW and Colour PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9034 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-184928
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Description: 35mm BW and Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1119679
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm BW and Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10879 FeetStock date: 1990BFI identifier: C-575049
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 800 FeetStock date: 1981BFI identifier: C-593720
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 805 FeetStock date: 1981BFI identifier: C-593721
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8250 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-184930
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBFI identifier: C-184936
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-184937
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-505825
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-505826
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10042 FeetBFI identifier: C-184929
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Colour InternegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 820 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-505831
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 840 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-593719
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Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 750 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-184923
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Cyan PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602235
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Cyan Separation PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 859 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-1602230
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Dupe Cyan Separation NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 820 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-505829
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Dupe Magenta Separation NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 820 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-505827
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 840 FeetStock date: 1982BFI identifier: C-593718
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3421 FeetStock date: 1981BFI identifier: C-593722
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 300 FeetStock date: 1981BFI identifier: C-593723
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10035 FeetBFI identifier: C-184934
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-505835
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9100 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-1602195
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 9550 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602219
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 650 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602226
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1603079
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-184927
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: Combined as MuteBFI identifier: C-184935
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-505823
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-505824
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe Yellow Separation NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 820 FeetBFI identifier: C-505828
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender Colour PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10880 FeetStock date: 1937Stock date: 1937Stock date: 1943BFI identifier: C-184924
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-184933
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9100 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602168
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 650 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602231
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBFI identifier: C-184938
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Magenta PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602236
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Master BWBFI identifier: C-505830
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 600 FeetBFI identifier: C-651812
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1008614
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 650 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602221
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 650 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602225
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 573 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-184932
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-662091
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Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 600 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-1237
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-505832
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-505833
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original Cyan Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-1602238
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Description: 35mm Original Magenta Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-1602239
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 515 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-184925
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 684 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-184926
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 650 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602224
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeSound: SoundLength: 09.0900 FeetBFI identifier: C-184922
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Description: 35mm Original Yellow Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1936BFI identifier: C-1602237
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Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-505775
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Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 852 FeetBFI identifier: C-571403
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundFeetBFI identifier: C-573885
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Yellow PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-1602234
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Yellow Separation NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 700 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-1602222
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 850 FeetStock date: 1937BFI identifier: C-1602229
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Yellow Separation PromasterBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 800 FeetBFI identifier: C-1602309
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film