Winston Churchill was hired to write the script. Every newsreel library in the Empire was ransacked. When The Story of the Reign of His Majesty the King was ready last week it had cost $500,000 cheap enough for a film that was to stir loyal hearts in every part of the Empire during His Majesty's silver jubilee next spring.
Abruptly came a terse announcement. The Story of the Reign of His Majesty the King was scrapped last week "for purely chemical reasons."
To millions of British cinemaddicts this explanation sufficed. Evidently some improper fluid...
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