Prince Wolfram (Walter Byron) falls in love with the convent girl Kitty Kelly (Gloria Swanson) when her underpants accidentally fall down.The problem in that relationship is that the Prince is doomed to marry the mad Queen Regina V (Seena Owen).Erich von Stroheim's Queen Kelly (1929) had some problems to be approved by censors.It may be harder to understand by modern viewers.Gloria Swanson makes this movie truly memorable.Gloria with her lovely dark hair and the seducing looks is really amazing.Byron and Owen and the other actors do also good work.This may not be silent movie at best but there is a lot of good in this feature.I must admit I'm a bigger fan of silent comedies but there's nothing wrong with a silent melodrama every now and then.Queen Kelly may not offer any laughs but other kind of feelings it does arouse.
Review of Queen Kelly
