The Virgin Queen is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the third short film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
| The Virgin Queen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | R. William Neill |
| Written by | Leon Abrams |
| Produced by | Herbert T. Kalmus |
| Starring | Forrest Stanley Dorothy Dwan Aileen Manning Armand Kaliz |
| Cinematography | George Cave |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | May 12, 1928 |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English Intertitles |
| Budget | $21,245.43[1] |
Plot summary edit
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Cast edit
- Forrest Stanley as Sir Walter Ralegh
- Dorothy Dwan as Bess Throckmorton - Lady-in-Waiting
- Aileen Manning as Queen Elizabeth
- Armand Kaliz
Production edit
The film was shot over five days at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood.[2] The $21,000 budget made it one of the more "higher priced productions" in the "Great Events" series.[3]
Preservation Status edit
No complete prints of The Virgin Queen were known to exist as of 2015, but 600 ft from the film's first reel was preserved in 2014 by the George Eastman House.[4]
See also edit
- The Virgin Queen, film from 1955
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