The Virgin Queen (1928 film)

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 byR. William Neill
Written byLeon Abrams
Produced byHerbert T. Kalmus
StarringForrest Stanley
Dorothy Dwan
Aileen Manning
Armand Kaliz
CinematographyGeorge Cave
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Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 12, 1928 (1928-05-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English Intertitles
Budget$21,245.43[1]

Plot summary

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Production

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Layton, James and David Pierce. The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. George Eastman House, 2015, p. 333.
  2. ^ Layton and Pierce 333
  3. ^ Slide, Anthony. "The 'Great Events' Series". Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 38.
  4. ^ Layton and Pierce 332
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