W.P. Kellino
'Bachelor has his friend's wife pose as his own to fool rich uncle.' (British Film Catalogue)
Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the many travels of a penny that was minted in the year of his accession: 1910. Through a series of individual stories, Royal Cavalcade covers a period of striking change in every area of life – from the suffragette movement to the trenches of World War One, the effects of the Depression to single events such as the first ever Royal Command Performance, featuring Anna Pavlova and George Robey.
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
The film was made at Twickenham Studios by the German-born independent producer Julius Hagen. It was released as a sequel to The Flag Lieutenant which had been a major hit the previous year. It was also released with the alternative title Further Adventures of a Flag Officer.
Two typists, one attractive, the other efficient, fall in love with the son of one of the firm's partners. The young man makes overtures to the attractive girl but finally finds a match in the plainer one, while the other girl realises the worth of the prim and correct head clerk.
An Earl's disowned son becomes a chauffeur, loves a landlady, and is jailed for theft.
A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.
In Scotland, a young man, Lochinvar insists on marrying Ellen, the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to another.
A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.
An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.
The other side of the screen with noted producers and film stars.
A rich coster's daughter loves a steward who is blamed for killing a blackmailing tramp.
'Widow makes son pose as boy to appear younger to professor, but he is to wed professor's daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)
'Pimple pursues windblown feather boa in mistake for snake.' (British Film Catalogue)
