Sixty Glorious Years

Sixty Glorious Years is a 1938 British colour film directed by Herbert Wilcox.^[3] The film is a sequel to the 1937 film Victoria the Great.^[4]

Sixty Glorious Years
A poster with the film's US title: Queen of Destiny
Directed by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Charles de Grandcourt (writer) Miles Malleson (writer) Sir Robert Vansittart (dialogue) Sir Robert Vansittart (scenario)
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Freddie Young, William V. Skall
Edited by	Jill Irving
Music by	Anthony Collins
Production company	Imperator Film Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	14 October 1938 (1938-10-14) (UK)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£211,212[1]
Box office	$981,000[2]

The film is also known as Queen of Destiny in the US.^[5]

Cast

• Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
• Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert
• C. Aubrey Smith as the Duke of Wellington
• Walter Rilla as Prince Ernest
• Greta Schröder as Baroness Lehzen
• Charles Carson as Sir Robert Peel
• Felix Aylmer as Lord Palmerston
• Lewis Casson as Lord John Russell
• Pamela Standish as the Princess Royal
• Gordon McLeod as John Brown
• Henry Hallett as Joseph Chamberlain
• Wyndham Goldie as Arthur Balfour
• Malcolm Keen as William Ewart Gladstone
• Frederick Leister as H. H. Asquith
• Derrick De Marney as Benjamin Disraeli
• Joyce Bland as Florence Nightingale
• Frank Cellier as Lord Derby
• Harvey Braban as Lord Salisbury
• Aubrey Dexter as the Prince of Wales
• Robert Eddison as Lanternist Professor
• Stuart Robertson as George Edward Anson
• Olaf Olsen as the Crown Prince of Prussia
• Marie Wright as Maggie
• Laidman Browne as Gen. Gordon

Critical reception

The Radio Times gave the film 3 out of five stars, calling it "old-fashioned, four-square, and very nice";^[4] and TV Guide also gave the same rating, calling the film "an unnecessary, but worthwhile, sequel to the epic screen biography Victoria the Great (1937)... As was the case in Victoria the Great, Wilcox's production values are superlative, with the sets and costumes accurate reproductions of the actual items which are housed at the British Museum. The American public was so interested in both the Queen Victoria films that RKO and Wilcox formed a contract that ensured distribution of British films in the U.S. and an exchange of American and British talent for various productions. This led to husband and wife Wilcox and Neagle's next project, Nurse Edith Cavell (1939), which was produced in Hollywood."^[6]