Royal Cavalcade

{{Short description|1935 British film}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Royal Cavalcade | image = "Royal_Cavalcade"_(1935).jpg | caption = George Robey, Arthur Prince and Harry Tate | director = {{ubl|Thomas Bentley|Herbert Brenon|W. P. Kellino|Norman Lee|Walter Summers|Marcel Varnel}} | producer = {{ubl|Walter C. Mycroft|David Horne|Roy Goddard}} | writer = {{ubl|Marjorie Deans|Eric Maschwitz|Val Gielgud}} | starring = {{ubl|Marie Lohr|Hermione Baddeley|Owen Nares}} | music = Idris Lewis | cinematography = James Corbett | editing = {{ubl|Jack E. Cox|Phil Grindrod|Bryan Langley|Leslie Rowson|Horace Wheddon}} | studio = British International Pictures | distributor = {{ubl|Wardour Films|Film Alliance of the United States}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|1935|4|4|London}} | runtime = 104 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }}

'''''Royal Cavalcade''''', also known as '''''Regal Cavalcade''''',<ref>[http://www.allmovie.com/work/regal-cavalcade-107543 Regal Cavalcade (1935) – Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast]. AllMovie. Retrieved on 7 January 2014.</ref> is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew, Edward Chapman and Ronald Shiner as the Soldier in Trenches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026953/|title=Regal Cavalcade (1935)|author=malcolmgsw|date=6 May 1935|work=IMDb}}</ref> The film was presented by Associated British Pictures Corporation.

==Synopsis== The film portrays a dramatised pastiche of great events that occurred during the reign of George V.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/14147/?availableLicense=yes |publisher= BFI Film & TV Database |title= ROYAL CAVALCADE (1935) |website= Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date= 16 April 2009 |access-date= 7 January 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121012031128/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/14147/?availableLicense=yes |archive-date= 12 October 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> It was made to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of his succession to the throne.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Marie Lohr as Mother * Hermione Baddeley as Barmaid * Robert Hale as Drinker * J.H. Roberts as Drinker * Charles Paton as Taxi Driver * C. V. France as Father * John Singer as Boy * Esme Percy as Lloyd George * Frederick Lloyd as Neighbour * C. Denier Warren as Smith * Pearl Argyle as Anna Pavlova * Frank Vosper as Capt. Robert Falcon Scott * Austin Trevor as Capt. Oates * John Stuart as Explorer in Tent * Jane Baxter as Girl in Punt * John Mills as Young Enlistee * Jimmy Hanley as Newsboy * Wallace Bosco as M.P. * Alice Lloyd as Marie Lloyd * Amy Veness as Suffragette * Antoinette Cellier as Marjorie Wilkinson * Jimmy Godden as Harry * Chili Bouchier as Landgirl * Renée Macready as Landgirl * Annie Esmond as Lady * Bertha Belmore as Schoolmistress * C. M. Hallard as Winston Churchill * H. Saxon-Snell as Sir Edward Grey * Fred Groves as Soldier * George Graves as Old Bill * Ronald Shiner as Soldier in Trenches * Iris Ashley as Girl * Constance Shotter as Girl * Patric Knowles as Army Officer * Judy Kelly as Girl * Billy Caryll as Theatrical Agent * Hilda Mundy as Girl * Gus McNaughton as Workman * W.H. Berry as Bob * Henry Mollison as John Doughty * Gene Gerrard as Bus Passenger * Vera Pearce as Bus Passenger's Wife * Reginald Gardiner as Bus Conductor * Reginald Purdell as Radio Listener * Ellen Pollock as Wife * Diana Napier as Actress Talking to Doorman * Syd Walker as Stage Doorman * Rene Ray as Girl * Elaine Benson as Child in Bed * Leonora Corbett as Nurse * Olga Lindo as Tourist * Mary Glynne as Waitress * Sam Livesey as Drinker * Robert Nainby as Drinker * Seymour Hicks as Gentleman * Ellaline Terriss as Wife * Owen Nares as Gentleman * Aileen Marson as Lady * Gyles Isham as Dining Officer * Arthur Margetson as Dining Officer * Basil Gill as Bishop * Jerry Verno as Taxpayer * Craighall Sherry as Chancellor * Ivan Samson as Man * Carol Goodner as Tourist in Tower of London * James Carew as Tourist in Tower of London * Ben Welden as Businessman * Matheson Lang as Henry V * Athene Seyler as Queen Elizabeth I * George Robey as Self * Arthur Prince as Self * Harry Tate as Self * Nancy Astor as Self * Jack Judge as Self * Florrie Forde as Self * Bert Feldman as Self * Norman Long as Self * Stanton Jefferies as Self * Stuart Hibberd as Self * Leonard Henry as Self }}

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164453/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69cebdeb ''Royal Cavalcade''] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}} * {{IMDb title|0026953}}

Category:1935 films Category:1935 drama films Category:British black-and-white films Category:1935 English-language films Category:Films directed by Thomas Bentley Category:Films directed by Herbert Brenon Category:Films directed by Norman Lee Category:Films directed by Walter Summers Category:Films directed by W. P. Kellino Category:Films directed by Marcel Varnel Category:Films set in the 1910s Category:Films set in the 1920s Category:Films set in the 1930s Category:British drama films Category:Films shot at British International Pictures Studios Category:Films set in London Category:1935 British films Category:Films scored by Idris Lewis Category:English-language drama films