private that she knew the whole revolution was a bluff to force Northrup from power. The King has one last deception planned (of which she is unaware). After she leaves for the wedding, he has Granton brought to him. He speedily marries Anne and Granton and sends them on their way to "exile" in France. Cast Lowell Sherman as King Eric VIII Mary Astor as Princess Anne Anthony Bushell as Freddie Granton Hugh Trevor as Crown Prince William of Grec Nance O'Neil as Queen Martha Robert Warwick as Premier and General Northrup Gilbert Emery as Phipps Alan Roscoe as Marquis of Birten Frederick Burt as Doctor Fellman Carrol Naish as Laker Desmond Roberts as Major Blent Nancy Lee Blaine as Lady in Waiting Lita Chevret as Lady in Waiting (Cast list as per AFI database) Production In September 1930, it was announced that RKO would be producing The Queen's Husband, a successful Broadway play by Robert E. Sherwood (although The Film Daily incorrectly attributed the play to Noël Coward), and disclosed that Sherman would direct and star in the project. William LeBaron, head of production for RKO Radio Pictures, had purchased the rights to Sherwood's play during his trip to New York in early September. Later in the month, Emery's involvement in the film was announced in "an important role". In early October, Nance O'Neil's attachment in the role of the Queen was reported, with Mary Astor's involvement as the Princess announced the week later. Robert Warwick was loaned from Fox, who pulled him out of the cast of Once a Sinner prior to production, to play the role of Northrup on October 15. In mid-October, it was reported that United Artists would handle the distribution of the French version of the film, in French-speaking countries. Using an all-French cast, that version was scheduled for release on November 30. The complete cast for the French version, being shot at the RKO lot in Hollywood, was announced at the beginning of November. On October 21 the final cast was announced, as well as J. Walter Ruben as the writer in charge of the screenplay adaptation, and Arthur Roberts signed on as the editor. The film was already in production by this time at RKO's studio in Hollywood. In November 1930 it trade paper accounts announced that the name of the film was being changed from The Queen's Husband to The Royal