Sixty Years a Queen (1913)

'1837-1901. Main events during Queen Victoria's reign.' (British Film Catalogue)

Date of release
1913-11-01
Runtime
2h 5m
Director
Bert Haldane

Casting

Interesting facts

Sixty Years a Queen is a 1913 British silent historical film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Blanche Forsythe, Louie Henri and Fred Paul.

Production

The film was conceived in 1912 at a meeting between G. B. Samuelson and his brother Julian Wylie. Samuelson was looking for his first film project, and later brought in Will Barker as his co-producer. The picture was largely filmed at Barker's newly built Ealing Studios, where Barker gained a reputation for extravagant productions, often historical.

A great deal of money was invested in Sixty 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 later Herbert Wilcox made a similar film, Sixty Glorious Years, which was also very popular.

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