Comedy

The Royal Bed

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The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.

Release Date : 1931-01-15

Language :

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : King Eric VIII

Original Name : Lowell Sherman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess Anne

Original Name : Mary Astor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freddie Granton

Original Name : Anthony Bushell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crown Prince William of Grec

Original Name : Hugh Trevor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martha, the Queen

Original Name : Nance O'Neil

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pemier General Northrup

Original Name : Robert Warwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phipps, the King's servant

Original Name : Gilbert Emery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birten

Original Name : Alan Roscoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fellman

Original Name : Frederick Burt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laker

Original Name : J. Carrol Naish

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major Blent

Original Name : Desmond Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady in waiting

Original Name : Lita Chevret

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady in waiting

Original Name : Nancy Lee Blaine

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

I quite enjoyed this rather daft story about a small European Kingdom presided over by "King Eric" (Lowell Sherman) - an ostensibly feeble monarch who is being manipulated by his wife "Queen Martha" (Nance O'Neil), his independently-minded daughter "Anne" (Mary Astor) and his rebellious Prime Minister "Gen. Northrup" (Robert Warwick) who, in cahoots with his wife, has arranged a convenient marriage for the unwilling daughter. The princess, meantime, has her eyes on the King's secretary "Granton" (Anthony Bushell) and when her mother travels to the USA, they plan to elope - except an attempted coup gets in their way... It's only 75 minutes, this. It features some well timed, lightly comedic, performances from Sherman and O'Neil, and given it can't have had much of a budget - it is really quite a well stitched together, good looking caper. For some reason, they altered the title from Robert Sherwood's play "The Queen's Husband" - which I think is more illustrative of the story than this rather misleadingly risqué one - it doesn't really help!