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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) -- 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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Director:
Writers:
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (by)
Lajos Biró (scenario, continuity & dialogue) ...
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Release Date:
7 February 1935 (USA) more
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The Scarlet Pimpernel. Who Was He... What Was His Strange Power?
Plot:
Leslie Howard plays Sir Percy Blakeney, an 18th century English aristocrat who leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat... more | add synopsis
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One of Howard's Best more (47 total)

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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Runtime:
97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Wide Range Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (video rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #578)

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The original director, Roland V. Brown, was fired on his first day at work. more
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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. more
Quotes:
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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Referenced in The Comedians (1967) more
Soundtrack:
La Marseillaise more

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One of Howard's Best, 18 September 2000
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Author: suessis

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!

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