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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. 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.
It was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by Edward Carrick. The story was previously filmed in the silent era in Britain The Amateur Gentleman and in Hollywood as The Amateur Gentleman 1926 with Richard Barthelmess.
Original Release
01/20/1936
US Release
04/27/1936
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Clemence Dane, Jeffery Farnol, Edward Knoblock, Sergei Nolbandov
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Frank Atkinson | Law Enforcer |
June Duprez | Bit Part |
Olga Edwardes | Maid at Inn |
Marius Goring | Bit Part |
John Singer | Boy |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Producer |
Marcel Hellman | Producer |