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A Yank at Oxford: Directed by Jack Conway. With Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh. A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Jack Conway
- 1938-02-18
A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn. The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. The film was produced by MGM-British at Denham Studios.
In A Yank at Oxford, Taylor plays Lee Sheridan, a brash American college student studying at Oxford. At first, Sheridan's arrogance clashes with his classmates, but he eventually earns their trust. Maureen O'Sullivan plays his love interest and Vivien Leigh has a small role as a flirtatious English woman.
- Jack Conway
- Robert Taylor
Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) is a brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University. His iconoclastic stance doesn't earn him many friends, and he is frequently hazed, but when he meets...
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- Jack Conway
- Comedy
- Robert Taylor
Overview. A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister. Jack Conway. Director. Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Screenplay. George Oppenheimer.
Lee Sheridan is a talented but egotistic American athlete, who receives a scholarship to attend the Cardinal College of the University of Oxford. On his way to the College, he brags about his athletic prowess to three of his new classmates.
A Yank at Oxford. Robert Taylor brings back from Oxford an entertaining rah-rah film which is full of breathless quarter-mile dashes, heartbreaking boat race finishes and surefire sentiment -...
