The Royal Bed
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The Royal Bed is a 1931
satirical comedy film produced by Henry Hobart and William LeBaron
and distributed through RKO
. The film stars Lowell Sherman
and Mary Astor
. It is based on a 1928 play by Robert E. Sherwood
, called The Queen's Husband.
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1931 in film
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satirical comedy film produced by Henry Hobart and William LeBaron
William LeBaron
William LeBaron was an American film producer. His credits included Cimarron, the film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony for 1930/1931....
and distributed through RKO
RKO Pictures
RKO Pictures is an American film production and distribution company. As RKO Radio Pictures Inc., it was one of the Big Five studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theater chains and Joseph P...
. The film stars Lowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman was an American actor and film director....
and Mary Astor
Mary Astor
Mary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...
. It is based on a 1928 play by Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert Emmet Sherwood was an American playwright, editor, and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was a son of Arthur Murray Sherwood, a rich stockbroker, and his wife, the former Rosina Emmet, a well-known illustrator and portrait painter known as Rosina E. Sherwood...
, called The Queen's Husband.
Cast
- Mary AstorMary AstorMary Astor was an American actress. Most remembered for her role as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon with Humphrey Bogart, Astor began her long motion picture career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s.She eventually made a successful transition to talkies, but almost...
- Princess Anne - Anthony BushellAnthony BushellAnthony Bushell was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He also appeared on and directed various British TV series such as Danger Man.-Early life:...
- Freddie Granton - Hugh Trevor - Crown Prince William of GRec
- Nance O'Neil - Queen Martha
- Robert Warwick - Premier Northrup - Prime Minister
- Gilbert EmeryGilbert EmeryGilbert Emery was the stage name of Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle, an American actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 to his death in 1945.- Early years :...
- Phipps - Alan RoscoeAlan RoscoeAlan Roscoe was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 108 films between 1915 and 1933. His interment was located in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.-Selected filmography:...
- Marquis of Birten - Frederick Burt - Doctor Fellman
- J. Carroll Naish - Laker
- Nancy Lee Blaine - Lady in Waiting
- Lita Chevret - Lady in Waiting
- Desmond Roberts - Major Brent
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- Mischa AuerMischa AuerMischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor.-Early life:Auer was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia...
- Grecian Ambassador - Ralph BushmanRalph BushmanRalph Everly Bushman , was an American actor. He appeared in fifty-five films between 1920 and 1943.The son of notable silent film star Francis X. Bushman and Josephine Fladine Duval, he was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and died in Los Angeles, California. In his early film career, he was often...
- Guest at Grand Ball - Eric Mayne - Guest at Grand Ball
