Freddie Young; Herbert Wilcox; Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert; Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
16 of 43 portraits of Anna Neagle
Freddie Young; Herbert Wilcox; Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert; Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1937
11 1/2in. x 14 7/8in. (292 mm x 378 mm)
Given by the photographer's wife, Nancy Eckert, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x32925
Sittersback to top
- Dame Anna Neagle (Florence Marjorie Wilcox (née Robertson)) (1904-1986), Actor and film producer. Sitter in 43 portraits. Identify
- Anton Walbrook (Adolf Wohlbruck) (1900-1967), Actor. Sitter in 8 portraits. Identify
- Herbert Wilcox (1892-1977), Film director. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- Frederick Archibald Young (1902-1998), Cinematographer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Fred Daniels (1892-1959), Film stills photographer. Artist or producer of 88 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
This portraitback to top
Daniels first worked for Wilcox as a stills photographer for Sorrell and Son (1933). This photography shows Victoria the Great being filmed.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Buckinghamshire (on the set of 'Victoria the Great')
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Fred Daniels: Cinema Portraits (28 September 2012 - 24 March 2013)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1937back to top
Current affairs
George VI becomes king. The younger brother of Edward VIII was crowned on the 12th May and the coronation was broadcast to Britain and the Empire on the radio. Edward becomes the Duke of Windsor, although the rank of 'Royal Highness' is not extended to Wallis Simpson.Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister following Baldwin's retirement.
Art and science
Roland Penrose organises a tour of Picasso's painting Guernica to the UK. The painting, which shows the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, went on display at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in East LondonInternational
Commercial airship travel is brought to an end with the 'Hindenberg Disaster'. The German airship exploded while landing in New Jersey. The radio broadcaster Herbert Morrison's reaction has become legendary: 'Oh, the humanity!'Japan invades China, killing about 25,000. Japanese Troops committed numerous atrocities against soldiers and civilians in what became known as the 'Rape of Nanking'.
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