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Sixty Glorious Years

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Sixty Glorious Years
A poster with the film's US title: Queen of Destiny
Directed byHerbert Wilcox
Written byCharles de Grandcourt (writer)
Miles Malleson (writer)
Sir Robert Vansittart (dialogue)
Sir Robert Vansittart (scenario)
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringSee below
CinematographyFreddie Young, William V. Skall
Edited byJill Irving
Music byAnthony Collins
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • 14 October 1938 (1938-10-14)
(UK)
  • 11 November 1938 (1938-11-11)
(US)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£211,212[1]
Box office$981,000[2]

Sixty Glorious Years is a 1938 British colour film directed by Herbert Wilcox.[3] The film is a sequel to the 1937 film Victoria the Great.[4]

The film is also known as Queen of Destiny in the US.[5]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Radio Times gave the film 3 out of five stars, calling it "old-fashioned, four-square, and very nice";[4] and TV Guide also gave the same rating, calling the film "an unnecessary, but worthwhile, sequel to the epic screen biography Victoria the Great (1937)... As was the case in Victoria the Great, Wilcox's production values are superlative, with the sets and costumes accurate reproductions of the actual items which are housed at the British Museum. The American public was so interested in both the Queen Victoria films that RKO and Wilcox formed a contract that ensured distribution of British films in the U.S. and an exchange of American and British talent for various productions. This led to husband and wife Wilcox and Neagle's next project, Nurse Edith Cavell (1939), which was produced in Hollywood."[6]

References

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  1. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 482.
  2. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 490.
  3. ^ "Sixty Glorious Years (1938)". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Sixty Glorious Years – Film from RadioTimes".
  5. ^ "Abbreviated View of Movie Page".
  6. ^ "Sixty Glorious Years".
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