The Amateur Gentleman (1936)

Directed by

Thornton Freeland

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man pretends to be a gentleman in Regency London to clear his father's name from a theft accusation.

lightheartedwhimsicalold-fashionedupbeatswashbucklingromanticadventurous

What happens

The Amateur Gentleman is a 1936 British drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker and Margaret Lockwood, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is based on the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol. In an effort to prove his father's innocence of a charge of stealing, a young man disguises himself as a gentleman and travels to Regency London. It was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by Edward Carrick. The story was previously filmed in the silent era in Britain The Amateur Gentleman and in Hollywood as The Amateur Gentleman 1926 with Richard Barthelmess. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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