''The Queen's Affair'' is a 1934 British

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directed by

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and starring Anna Neagle,

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, Muriel Aked and Edward Chapman. An Eastern European President falls in love with the

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whom he had previously deposed.BFI.org
/ref> It was also released as ''Queen's Affair'' and ''Runaway Queen''. It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the

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Lawrence P. Williams. Gowns were designed by Doris Zinkeisen.

Plot

Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives unexpected news of an inheritance, and learns she is next in line to be queen of an Eastern European country. On her arrival in Ruritania, a revolution is in progress, and only minutes before her coronation, Nadina is forced into exile. She flees to Paris with her nurse, and then travels on to Switzerland. There Nadina encounters the Ruritanian revolutionary leader Carl, recuperating from the trials of revolution, and the couple unexpectedly fall in love. When the revolution collapses in Ruritania, they return and marry, thus forming a constitutional monarchy supported by all the people.

Cast

* Anna Neagle as Queen Nadina *

as Carl * Muriel Aked as Marie Soubrekoff * Miles Malleson as The Chancellor * Gibb McLaughlin as General Korensky * Michael Hogan as The Leader * Stuart Robertson as Revolutionary * Hay Petrie as Revolutionary * Reginald Purdell as Soldier * Edward Chapman as Soldier * Clifford Heatherley as Diplomat * David Burns as Manager * Trefor Jones as Singer *

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* Dino Galvani * Herbert Langley * Helen Mardi * Tarva Penna

Critical reception

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'' wrote, "This average musical features a good star turn by Neagle, but the whole film looks awfully dated."

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* * 1934 films British musical films 1930s English-language films 1934 musical films Operetta films Films based on operettas Films directed by Herbert Wilcox Films set in Europe British black-and-white films British and Dominions Studios films Films shot at Imperial Studios, Elstree 1930s British films English-language musical films Films with screenplays by Samson Raphaelson Films based on works by Ernst Marischka {{UK-musical-film-stub