The Amateur Gentleman (1920 film)
| The Amateur Gentleman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | Jeffery Farnol |
| Produced by | Stoll Pictures |
| Starring | Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
The Amateur Gentleman is a 1920 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys.[1] The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol.
Story filmed again in 1926 as The Amateur Gentleman starring Richard Barthelmess and in 1936 as The Amateur Gentleman starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr..
Premise
In Regency Britain a young man tries to establish his father's innocence of an accused crime, by travelling to London disguised as a gentleman.
Cast
- Langhorn Burton ... Barnabas Barty
- Madge Stuart ... Lady Cleone Meredith
- Cecil Humphreys ... Wilfred Chichester
- Herbert Synott ... John Barty
- Pardoe Woodman ... Ronald Barrymaine
- Alfred Paumier ... Prince Regent
- Gerald McCarthy ... Viscount Horatio Debenham
- Geoffrey Wilmer ... Captain Slingsby
- Sydney Seaward ... Sir Mortimer Carnaby
- E. Vivian Reynolds ... Jasper Gaunt
- Dalton Somers ... Natty Bell
- Teddy Arundell ... Digby Smivvle
- Will Corrie ... Captain Chumley
- Judd Green ... Jerry the Bosun
References
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Categories:
- 1920 films
- British films
- British historical drama films
- British silent feature films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- 1920s historical drama films
- Films set in London
- Films set in the 1810s
- British black-and-white films
- Films based on British novels
- Cultural depictions of George IV
- 1920 drama films
- 1920s British film stubs