Scarlet Pimpernel, The
- Synopsis
- Feature film version of the novel by Baroness Orczy set in the French Revolution. At the end of the film, the Scarlet Pimpernel, when he encounters his arch-rival Blakeney, quotes part of John of Gaunt’s speech ‘This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle’ (II i) and then states that he has forgotten the rest of the quotation.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1935
- Duration
- 97 mins; 8,768 feet
Credits
- Director
- Harold Young
- Producer
- Alexander Korda
- Screenplay
- Arthur Wimperis; Harold Rosson; Lajos Biro; Robert Sherwood; Sam Bermann
- Music
- Arthur Benjamin
- Cast
Leslie Howard Sir Percy Blakeney (John of Gaunt) Merle Oberon Lady Blakeney Raymond Massey Chauvelin
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Richard II
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Pimpernel Smith
Notes
- General
- A wartime sequel PIMPERNEL SMITH (GB 1941) has Howard as a present-day historian, rescuing refugees from Nazi Germany, with a fondness for quoting Shakespeare.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Scarlet Pimpernel, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36677 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)