The Mudlark
The Mudlark is a 1950 film starring Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness and Andrew Ray. Filmed in Great Britain by Twentieth Century-Fox, it is a fictional account of how Queen Victoria emerged from a period of mourning for her dead husband, Prince Albert. The film was directed by Jean Negulesco, written and produced by Nunnally Johnson and based on the 1949 novel of the same name by American artillery sergeant, San Francisco newspaperman, Los Angeles Times reporter and film-studio publicist Theodore Bonnet.
Plot
A young street urchin named Wheeler, half-starved, homeless and an orphan, finds a cameo containing the likeness of Queen Victoria. Not recognising the queen, he is told that she is the "mother of all England". Taking the remark literally, he journeys to Windsor Castle to see her.
More details
| author | Nunnally Johnson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Jean Negulesco |
| editor | Thelma Connell |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | benjamin disraeli first time force john brown meet parliament parliament of the united kingdom queen b queen victoria snore street urchin summon tower of london widow windsor castle |
| musicBy | William Alwyn |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White |
| producer | Nunnally Johnson |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |