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關鍵詞：榮耀六十年 Neagle Elizabeth Just Neagle&#39 Regal &#39
Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far. The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939). The title music sets the tone a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff. The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man. Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'. Roger Philip Mellor詳情主演：彼得·塞勒斯,烏蘇拉·安德絲,大衛·尼文,奧遜·威爾斯,喬安娜·佩蒂,達莉婭·拉維,伍迪·艾倫,黛博拉·蔻兒,威廉·霍爾登,查爾斯·博耶,約翰·休斯頓,柯特·卡斯納,喬治·拉夫特,讓-保羅·貝爾蒙多,特倫斯·庫珀,芭芭拉·布薛特,安吉拉·斯庫拉,伊蓮·泰勒,傑奎琳·比塞特,亞歷山德拉·巴斯蒂杜,Anna,Quayle,德里克·尼莫,羅恩尼·柯貝特,科林·戈登,伯納德·克理賓斯,特蕾西·裡德,約翰·布魯塞爾,傑弗裡·拜爾頓,約翰·威爾士,鄧肯·麥克雷,Graham,Stark,Chic,Murray,Jon
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