 "Mudlarks" are street children who subsist by scavenging on the banks of the River Thames. Little Wheeler, an orphan, discovers a medallion of Queen Victoria. An older friend explains that "she is the mother of all England," and Wheeler promptly sets out to meet her. But Victoria has shut herself away in her palace for the last thirteen years, in mourning for her dead husband. Wheeler s mis- adventures in the palace coincide with Disraeli s attempts to convince her to end her seclusion. Amazing performance by Irene Dunne.