Opening credits prologue: Wherever the English language is spoken, the story of JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN has become classic. He planned his life to prove that the Christian ideal has a practical significance in the work-a-day world above any sect or denomination.
He illustrates that it is not birth alone which makes a gentleman, but that the correct reading of that much abused word is :-
GENTLE MAN
NORTON BURY-1790
The opening credits are in the form of turned pages of a book.