The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
- Directed by
- Harold Young
- Genre
- drama film, swashbuckler film, adventure film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 71 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 18th century France, an English aristocrat secretly rescues nobles from the Reign of Terror while pretending to be a fop. He hides his daring rescues from his wife and the French authorities.
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What happens
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 British adventure film starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Massey. It was directed by Harold Young and produced by Alexander Korda. Based on the 1905 play by Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow and the 1905 adventure novel by Orczy, the film is about an 18th-century English aristocrat (Howard) who leads a double life, passing himself off as an effete aristocrat while engaged in a secret effort to rescue French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror. Howard's portrayal of the title character is often considered the definitive portrayal of the role. In 1941, he played a similar role in "Pimpernel" Smith but this time set in pre-WWII Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Dirty Work (1934)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.