Confessions of a Queen

Confessions of a Queen
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Directed by Victor Sjöström
Written by Agnes Christine Johnston
Based on Les Rois en Exil
by Alphonse Daudet
Starring Alice Terry
Lewis Stone
John Bowers
Cinematography Percy Hilburn (*French)
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 30, 1925 (1925-03-30)
Running time
 64 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Budget $148,000[1]
Box office $440,000 (worldwide rentals)[1]

Confessions of a Queen is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström based upon a novel by Alphonse Daudet, Les Rois en Exil. Only an incomplete print of the film survives.[2][3][4]

Plot

The King of Illyris (Lewis Stone) marries a neighboring princess (Alice Terry), who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora (Helena D'Algy). Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei (John Bowers) for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 H. Mark Glancy, 'MGM Film Grosses, 1924-28: The Eddie Mannix Ledger', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 12 No. 2 1992 p127-144
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Confessions of a Queen at silentera.com
  3. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  4. ↑ Confessions of a Queen at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)


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