Disraeli

7/18/2025

Rather than focus on the relationship between Disraeli and Queen Victoria, this one pays more attention to his cunning wheeze to thwart Russian ambitions for both India and the Suez Canal. Not only must he (George Arliss) combat the Czarist plotting but he has to face a fair degree of antisemitism as those lined up for Gladstone, including the powerful Governor of the Bank of England, refuse to support his plan to find the £5 millions needed to acquire the shares in that vital waterway. Unsure whom he can trust amongst those ostensibly closest to him, he relies more heavily on his wife Mary (Florence Arliss) but he is going to have to keep his wits about him, if he is to succeed. Things come to an head when his banking ally “Myers” (Ivan F. Simpson) finds himself teetering on the edge of b