The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)
The Amateur Gentleman is a 1936 British drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker and Margaret Lockwood, with music by Richard Addinsell.[1] It is based on the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol. In an effort to prove his father's innocence of a charge of stealing, a young man disguises himself as a gentleman and travels to Regency London.
Filmed previously in the silent era as a British silent The Amateur Gentleman and as The Amateur Gentleman 1926 with Richard Barthelmess.
Contents
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty
- Elissa Landi - Lady Cleone Meredith
- Gordon Harker - Natty Bell
- Basil Sydney - Louis Chichester
- Hugh Williams - Lord Ronald Meredith
- Irene Browne - Lady Huntstanton
- Athole Stewart - Marquess of Comberhurst
- Coral Browne - Pauline Darville
- Margaret Lockwood - Georgina Huntstanton
- Esme Percy - John Townsend
- Frank Bertram - Belcher
- Gilbert Davis - Prince Regent
- Frank Pettingell - John Barty
Reception
The film was voted the tenth best British movie of 1936.[2]
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49477
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Amateur Gentleman at IMDb
- The Amateur Gentleman at TCMDB
- The Amateur Gentleman at Britmovie
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- 1936 films
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- Films based on British novels
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