The Amateur Gentleman (1920 film)
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The Amateur Gentleman is a 1920 British
drama film
directed by Maurice Elvey
and starring Langhorn Burton
, Madge Stuart
and Cecil Humphreys
. The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman
by Jeffrey Farnol. In Regency Britain a young man tries to establish his father's innocence of an accused crime, by travelling to London disguised as a gentleman.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....
and starring Langhorn Burton
Langhorn Burton
-Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...
, Madge Stuart
Madge Stuart
-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...
and Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys
-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
. The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman
The Amateur Gentleman
The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol, published in 1913. The novel was made into a silent film in 1920 and film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks Junior starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.-Plot summary:The format of the...
by Jeffrey Farnol. In Regency Britain a young man tries to establish his father's innocence of an accused crime, by travelling to London disguised as a gentleman.
Cast
- Langhorn BurtonLanghorn Burton-Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * Little Dorrit * At the Villa Rose * Appearances * The Bonnie Brier Bush * Who Is the Man? * Cross Roads -External links:...
... Barnabas Barty - Madge StuartMadge Stuart-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * The Only Way * The Amateur Gentleman * The Iron Stair * General John Regan * The Passionate Friends...
... Lady Cleone Meredith - Cecil HumphreysCecil Humphreys-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
... Wilfred Chichester - Herbert Synott ... John Barty
- Pardoe Woodman ... Ronald Barrymaine
- Alfred Paumier ... Prince Regent
- Gerald McCarthy ... Viscount Horatio Debenham
- Geoffrey Wilmer ... Captain Slingsby
- Sydney SeawardSydney Seaward-Selected filmography:* The Amateur Gentleman * The Woman of His Dream * A Gentleman of France * A Debt of Honour * The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots * Bonnie Prince Charlie...
... Sir Mortimer Carnaby - E. Vivian Reynolds ... Jasper Gaunt
- Dalton Somers ... Natty Bell
- Teddy ArundellTeddy Arundell-Selected filmography:* Nelson * Mr. Wu * The Elusive Pimpernel * The Amateur Gentleman * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * General John Regan...
... Digby Smivvle - Will CorrieWill CorrieWill Corrie was a British actor of the silent era.-Selected filmography:* The Laughing Cavalier * The Manxman * Tom Jones * The Romance of Lady Hamilton * Dombey and Son...
... Captain Chumley - Judd GreenJudd GreenJudd Green was a British film actor of the silent era. He was sometimes credited as R. Judd Green. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.-Selected filmography:* Thelma...
... Jerry the Bosun