A strange episode of this longtime anthology show features Loretta Young in dark makeup playing the Indian maharani, looking very Caucasian in spite of her altered looks. Edward Ashley plays a British man in love with the widowed ruler who stirs her heart in spite of their cultural differences, something that in the Victorian era would have been forbidden. The story is told through Ashley's eyes and is certainly romantic in nature, but absurd in many other aspects, especially since it claims that she would be willing to give up her throne for love over duty.
Even though her adviser Robert Warwick tries to control her, she shows that she's very much in control, at one point stopping their carriage to aide a a young woman being kidnapped. You've got to give this early female ruler credit. She truly is hands-on! Young certainly is stunning in her Indian garb, but it's difficult to see her as anything else but Loretta Young playing dress-up. Warwick has a sinister demeanor but isn't an obvious villain, more power consumed and worried than evil. In fact, he is the voice of reason in the story which also involves her young son, temperamental in the flashbacks but grown and responsible as the episode concludes.
Even though her adviser Robert Warwick tries to control her, she shows that she's very much in control, at one point stopping their carriage to aide a a young woman being kidnapped. You've got to give this early female ruler credit. She truly is hands-on! Young certainly is stunning in her Indian garb, but it's difficult to see her as anything else but Loretta Young playing dress-up. Warwick has a sinister demeanor but isn't an obvious villain, more power consumed and worried than evil. In fact, he is the voice of reason in the story which also involves her young son, temperamental in the flashbacks but grown and responsible as the episode concludes.