Soldiers of the King (1933)
- Directed by
- Maurice Elvey
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A music hall matriarch leads her family through antics that jump between the Victorian era and the 1930s. The film follows her comedic adventures as she navigates both time periods.
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What happens
Soldiers of the King is a 1933 British historical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Edward Everett Horton and Anthony Bushell. It was Courtneidge's fourth film, and the first she appeared in without her husband Jack Hulbert. Courtneidge plays the matriarch of a music hall family, in a plot that switches between the Victorian era and the 1930s present. Filming began in August 1932. It was shot at Islington, Beaconsfield and Welwyn Studios. The film's art direction is by Alex Vetchinsky. It was popular enough to be re-issued in 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Happy (1933)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.