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A Yank at Oxford (1938)
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18 February 1938 (USA)
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Here's The Yankee Clipper Himself ! A two-fisted terror from the States . . . who landed in England with a chip on his shoulder . . . but let a blue-eyed beauty walk off with his heart ! Bob Taylor's Biggest Picture Hit !
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Lee Sheridan, a young American comes to study at Oxford University, but is instantly disliked by the other students...
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Robert Taylor Invades Merrie Old England
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Taylor | ... | Lee Sheridan |
 | Lionel Barrymore | ... | Dan Sheridan |
 | Maureen O'Sullivan | ... | Molly Beaumont |
 | Vivien Leigh | ... | Elsa Craddock |
 | Edmund Gwenn | ... | Dean of Cardinal |
| Griffith Jones | ... | Paul Beaumont |
| C.V. France | ... | Dean Snodgrass |
| Edward Rigby | ... | Scatters |
| Morton Selten | ... | Cecil Davidson, Esq. |
| Claude Gillingwater | ... | Ben Dalton |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Cephas |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dean Williams |
| Robert Coote | ... | Wavertree |
| Peter Croft | ... | Ramsey |
| Noel Howlett | ... | Tom Craddock |
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USA:102 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Finland:K-16 |
USA:Approved (PCA #4009)
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The first feature film of Jon Pertwee.
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Featured in Vivien Leigh: Scarlett & Beyond (1990) (TV)
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Rule Britannia
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A skilled, albeit highly egocentric young athlete becomes A YANK AT OXFORD when he accepts a scholarship to the English university. Romance and various personal problems help punch a hole through his self-conceit.
Robert Taylor gets to show-off his athletic prowess (running, rowing) in this pleasant, lightweight film. Produced by MGM's British division, it is an enjoyable look at a privileged world about to be changed forever by World War Two.
Taylor does a fine job in the title role, but he is also aided immensely by excellent co-stars from both sides of the Atlantic: Lionel Barrymore, giving another acting lesson as Taylor's peppery, loyal father; lovable Edmund Gwenn, as the long-suffering Dean of (fictional) Cardinal College, Oxford; beautiful Maureen O'Sullivan, as Taylor's English girlfriend; and enchanting Vivien Leigh, one year before her tremendous success in GONE WITH THE WIND, as a philandering young wife with an eye for male students.
Equally impressive is a gaggle of less well known British actors: stalwart Griffith Jones, as Taylor's main college rival; Robert Coote, as a cheery student forever looking for new ways to get sent down; Walter Kingsford, as a benevolent dean; ancient C. V. France as a delightfully forgetful academician; and cuddly Edward Rigby as Taylor's elderly attendant.
Claude Gillingwater appears as Barrymore's caustic banker. Movie mavens will recognize Ethel Griffies as an Oxford proctor.