British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.