Scarlet Pimpernel, The
- Synopsis
- Feature film version of the novel by Baroness Orczy set in the French Revolution. At the end of the film, the Scarlet Pimpernel, when he encounters his arch-rival Blakeney, quotes part of John of Gaunt’s speech ‘This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle’ (II i) and then states that he has forgotten the rest of the quotation.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1935
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Pimpernel Smith
Credits
- Director
- Harold Young
- Producer
- Alexander Korda
- Screenplay
- Arthur Wimperis; Harold Rosson; Lajos Biro; Robert Sherwood; Sam Bermann
- Music
- Arthur Benjamin
- Cast
Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Raymond Massey
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
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