In 1937 , the Wilcox film '' Victoria the Great '' was nominated for the Mussolini Cup at the Venice Film Festival , but lost out to the French film '' Life Dances On '' ( '' Un carnet de bal '' ) . Wilcox lost the Festival 's Best Director award to Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltán Korda for '' Elephant Boy '' . However , '' Victoria the Great '' and Wilcox won the Festival 's '' Nations Cup '' for " Best World Premiere "
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Herbert Wilcox