Miss Pamela Stanley (1937)

Full title reads: “Camera interviews: Miss Pamela Stanley who has given such an outstanding performance in the title part of ’Victoria Regina’ at the Lyric Theatre, London“. Pathe Studios, London. Stage actress, Pamela Stanley, gives an interview to off-camera narrator. She sits at a mirror, doing her hair and make-up, in a set that looks like a dressing room. The narrator asks her about her latest role, playing Queen Victoria in play ’Victoria Regina’. He then asks her how she prepares for play, whether she would liked to have lived in Victorian days and about Victorian hair styles. Various shots of Pamela dressing for role of the young Queen. The narrator asks if she finds wearing Victorian dresses “cumbersome“. There is a knock of stage and Pamela dashes off, pretending it’s her curtain call. Various shots of Pamela dressing for role of old Queen. Various shots of Pamela sitting at desk, pretending to write letters in character of elderly Queen Victoria. FILM ID: A VID