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7 February 1935 (USA)
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The Scarlet Pimpernel. Who Was He... What Was His Strange Power?
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Leslie Howard plays Sir Percy Blakeney, an 18th century English aristocrat who leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat...
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Aristocrat
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Disguise
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Robespierre
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France
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Fop
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One of Howard's Best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Leslie Howard | ... | Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel |
 | Merle Oberon | ... | Lady Blakeney |
| Raymond Massey | ... | Chauvelin |
| Nigel Bruce | ... | The Prince of Wales |
| Bramwell Fletcher | ... | The Priest |
| Anthony Bushell | ... | Sir Andrew Ffoulkes |
| Joan Gardner | ... | Suzanne de Tournay |
| Walter Rilla | ... | Armand St. Just |
| Mabel Terry-Lewis | ... | Countess de Tournay |
| O.B. Clarence | ... | Count de Tournay |
| Ernest Milton | ... | Robespierre |
| Edmund Breon | ... | Colonel Winterbottom |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Romney (The Great Artist) |
| Gibb McLaughlin | ... | The Barber |
| Morland Graham | ... | Treadle (the tailor) (as Moreland Graham) |
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Wide Range Noiseless Recording)
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The original director, Roland V. Brown, was fired on his first day at work.
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Anachronisms: Blakeney and the Prince of Wales are seen at a boxing match in which the combatants are in a structure similar to a modern 'square' ring. This form of the ring was not used until around 1838.
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Lady Marguerite Blakeney:
Can't you rise above trivialities for once?
Percy Blakeney: Can't rise above anything longer than three syllables, my dear - never could.
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Percy Blakeney: Can't rise above anything longer than three syllables, my dear - never could.
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Referenced in The Comedians (1967)
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La Marseillaise
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I loved this movie largely for the fabulous performances that both Oberon and Howard give. Nothing beats Howard dressed up as an old woman and fooling the silly French soldiers!
Howard's performance is beautifully understated. His performance is based mostly in his facial expressions, which gives the performance its power. There is a tendency by later actors who have played the Pimpernel to really over do the fop business, but he gives it just the right intensity.
Oberon is perfect as Lady Blakeney, and she has wonderful chemistry with Howard. She also does a lot with facial expressions and closeups
The other good thing is that not all the French people in this movie sounded like they were English!