7.9
Freedom Writers
2007
Nell Gwyn (1926)
January 2, 19261h 20mEN
6.8
6 votes
Overview
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
Director
Herbert WilcoxWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
W.M. ProductionsBritish National Films
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6.0This is quite an entertaining romp with Dorothy Gish playing the eponymous orange seller who captivates and captures the heart of King Charles II (Randle Ayrton) much to the chagrin of one of his other "companions" - Juliette Compton ("Lady Castlemaine") and of his ill-fated brother James, Duke of York (Gibb McLaughlin). Some of this borders on the burlesque with an enjoyable, and occasionally provocative, bawdiness from the star that would surely have challenged the censors had it been made just a few years later. Aside from providing this rather rakish King with some pleasures of the flesh,…
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