The Royal Bed
Year's Sparkling Comedy Sensation
1931 | 75m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Lowell Sherman |
|---|---|
| Writer: | J. Walter Ruben |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jan 15, 1931 |
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| Director: | Lowell Sherman |
| Writer: | J. Walter Ruben |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | revolution, royal family, satire, pre-code, public domain |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 29, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lowell Sherman | King Eric VIII |
| Mary Astor | Princess Anne |
| Anthony Bushell | Freddie Granton |
| Hugh Trevor | Crown Prince William of Grec |
| Nance O'Neil | Martha, the Queen |
| Robert Warwick | Pemier General Northrup |
| Gilbert Emery | Phipps, the King's servant |
| Alan Roscoe | Birten |
| Frederick Burt | Fellman |
| J. Carrol Naish | Laker |
| Desmond Roberts | Major Blent |
| Lita Chevret | Lady in waiting |
| Nancy Lee Blaine | Lady in waiting |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lowell Sherman | Director |
| F. Harmon Weight | Assistant Director |
| Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| J. Walter Ruben | Screenplay |
| Arthur Roberts | Editor |
| Max Rée | Costume Design, Scenic Artist |
| George D. Ellis | Recording Supervision |
| Max Steiner | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Henry Hobart | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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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 Minist ... er "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!