early film direct by d. w. griffith while it feature a gloriously happy king ( arthur v. johnson ) and his queen ( marion leonard ) but and wait . when the king leave the scene and his queen make music with the palace minstrel ( henry b. walthall ) . when the king discover the lover and he decide to enact a horrific edgar allen poe type revenge . it difficult to believe the lover can not hear those plot against them while although the actor be try to look alternately noisy ( the lover ) and quiet ( the cement mixer ) . the set make the sealed room look very staged . the performance be okay and and the story be easy to follow . the sealed room ( 9/2/09 ) d. w. griffith ~ arthur v. johnson and henry b. walthall and marion leonard .