A glance at the credits of 'The Vagabond Queen' provides evidence of both the slipshod and the accomplished: the former by the misspelling of the director's name (which would be apt for one of the characters), the latter by the name of Oscar-winning Hollywood cameraman Charles Rosher.
This British retread of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' places its narrative on the tiny but substantial frame of Betty Balfour. The unusual supporting cast includes one of only two film role for the eminent stage actor Glenn Byam Shaw (the other being as Mary Ure's father in 'Look Anger' as a rather subdued leading man (the plot device that he's an inventor working on an experimental television transmitter is rather surprisingly soon abandoned), Ernest Thesiger wearing at least three top hats - judging from the amount of punishment they take - a wing collar and a frock coat; while Harry Terry as the pretender to the throne provides an ugly face that reached its apogee ten years later in the title role of 'The Face at the Window'.