Lord Jeff

19381938
SS
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

387

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Crime Drama

A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new fut... Read allA spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.A spoiled orphan, raised by a couple of con artists, gets sent to a mercantile marine vocational school for orphaned boys, where he learns about friendship and ethics, and uncovers a new future.

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

387

YOUR RATING

Director
- Sam Wood
Writers
- Bradford Ropes(story)
- Endre Bohem(story)
- Val Burton(story)
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Freddie Bartholomew, Terry Kilburn, and Peter Lawford in Lord Jeff (1938)

Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney in Lord Jeff (1938)

Freddie Bartholomew and Terry Kilburn in Lord Jeff (1938)

Terry Kilburn and Herbert Mundin in Lord Jeff (1938)

Freddie Bartholomew and Gale Sondergaard in Lord Jeff (1938)

Freddie Bartholomew and Herbert Mundin in Lord Jeff (1938)

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Trivia
Screenwriter James Kevin McGuinness placed an ad in the Hollywood Reporter titled "Facts" breaking down the writing credits for the script by number of lines, as follows: Himself - 853; Walter Ferris - 51; Sam Wood - 17; Frank Davis - 20; Ferris, Val Burton, Endre Bohem and Bradford Ropes - 37; Ropes, Burton and Bohem - 48; Ropes and Burton - 4 for a total of 1,030 lines of dialogue.

Goofs
In early close-ups, Albert's (Terry Kilburn) "missing" tooth is obviously blacked out (as some white shows through).

Crazy credits
This picture is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Thomas John Barnardo

Soundtracks
London Bridge is Falling Down
Traditional
Played on piano by Doris Lloyd

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Review

Featured review

5/10

Not the best boys' school movie

If you don't want to see Freddie Bartholomew as a bad guy, stay away from Lord Jeff. He plays a small-time grifter who gets sent to the merchant marines to reform his character. He's snobby and insulting, and has a bad attitude. I prefer him when he's sweeter, but I stuck with this movie for the supporting cast.

In the batch of boys arriving with Freddie to the merchant marine training school are Terry Kilburn and a very young Peter Lawford in his second movie! Terry has the cutest character in the movie, with a missing tooth (before it gets fixed, a Cockney accent, and a hopelessly optimistic and loyal personality. Mickey Rooney also takes on an accent-Irish-as he's the experienced student who helps show everyone the ropes. Charles Coburn is the no-nonsense head of the school, and Herbert Mundin is his second-in-command. Keep an eye out for Monty Woolley and Gale Sondergaard, but don't expect too much from anyone. No one's really given very much to do, and besides Terry, no one really succeeds in making the audience like him. You're better off with Boys Town or A Yank at Eton.

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