Watch Queen Kelly (1929) Free Online

Release Date: 1929

Cast: Wilhelm von Brincken, Sylvia Ashton, Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Madge Hunt, Seena Owen, Rae Daggett, Tully Marshall

Categories: Movies, Silent film, Melodrama, Indie, Black-and-white, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Queen Kelly (1929) is an American silent film produced in 1928-29 and released by United Artists. The film was directed by Erich von Stroheim, starred Gloria Swanson in the title role, and also starred Walter Byron and Seena Owen. The film was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, who was Swanson's lover at the time. In 1932, Swanson released a part-talkie version, only in Europe and South America, due to her contract with Stroheim. This version had an alternate ending directed by Swanson and filmed by cinematographer Gregg Toland. Prince Wolfram (Byron) is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of... MORE

Queen Kelly (1929) is an American silent film produced in 1928-29 and released by United Artists. The film was directed by Erich von Stroheim, starred Gloria Swanson in the title role, and also starred Walter Byron and Seena Owen. The film was produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, who was Swanson's lover at the time. In 1932, Swanson released a part-talkie version, only in Europe and South America, due to her contract with Stroheim. This version had an alternate ending directed by Swanson and filmed by cinematographer Gregg Toland. Prince Wolfram (Byron) is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg (Owen). On maneuvers, as punishment for partying with other women, he sees Kitty Kelly (Swanson) walking with the other students of a convent. Enthralled by her beauty, he kidnaps her that night from the convent, takes her to his room and professes his love for her. When the Queen finds them together the next morning, she whips Kelly and throws her out of the castle. Regina then puts Wolfram in prison for not wanting to marry the Queen. Kelly goes to German East Africa to visit her dying aunt and is forced to marry the disgusting Jan. The aunt dies after the wedding and Kelly refuses to LESS