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It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
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Directed by Jean Negulesco
Irene DunneQueen Victoria
Alec GuinnessBenjamin Disraeli
Andrew RayWheeler, the mudlark
Beatrice CampbellLady Emily Prior
Finlay CurrieJohn Brown
Constance SmithKate Noonan
Anthony SteelLieutenant Charles McHatten
Raymond LovellSergeant Footman Naseby
Marjorie FieldingLady Margaret PriorNicholas AmerServantPamela ArlissPrincess Christian
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CinemaSerfDec 27, 2022
This is a slightly stiff rendition of an old story about a young scavenger who makes his living from the debris found by the river Thames in London. One day he happens upon a portrait of Queen Victoria and sets off to Windsor Castle (no small distance) to try and meet his Sovereign. Meantime the Queen (Irene Dunne) is still wallowing in grief following the death of Prince Albert and her Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Alec Guinness) is trying to coax her from her melancholy… Read more
before it is too late for both her and the monarchy. A combination of circumstances lead to an engaging and slightly humorous set of scenarios and the mudlark gets his wish. This film provides an interesting observation on just how detached the Queen was from all of her people, not just the poorest; and of how ultimately the demonstration of innocence and, to some extent, loyalty by the child - along with some sagely interventions from Finlay Currie's highland ghillie John Brown - served to bring the Queen out of her isolation. It also features quite a stirring - and potent - oration from Guinness analysing the poverty and injustice visited upon those whom the state regarded as dispensable. A touching and life-affirming little film well worth a watch.