Leslie Howard
Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Jan 24, 2021 · The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) English noblewoman (Merle Oberon) discovers her husband (Leslie Howard) is really a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from Robespierre’s guillotine during the...
63.5K subscribers. 2.1K. 395K views 12 years ago. An English nobleman, the Scarlet Pimpernel, assumes a dual identity to outwit the French Republicans and aid innocent aristocrats during the...
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), one of the great costume adventure films of its time, is the work of an auteur producer, Alexander Korda. His stamp is simply all over the movie, beginning with the script's overall wit and humor - two qualities which were in short supply in the original source material.
Screenshots. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934, UK) In director Harold Young's film, it told about the double-life of an 18th century aristocrat who disguised himself to save French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror in France. It became one of the greatest historical-adventure films ever made.
Synopsis by Matthew Tobey. This film from director Harold Young is the second big-screen adaptation of Baroness Emmuska Orczy's 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. Leslie Howard stars as Sir Percy Blakeney, a British aristocrat who rescues innocent victims of the French Revolution under the guise of The Scarlet Pimpernel while maintaining the ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel. Directed by Harold Young • 1934 • United Kingdom. Starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey. Prestige producer Alexander Korda applies his seal of quality to this rip-roaring swashbuckler, a rollickingly entertaining adaptation of the classic novel by Baroness Orczy, which introduced the widely imitated ...
Overview. 18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror. Harold Young. Director. Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Novel. Arthur Wimperis. Writer. Lajos Biró. Writer. S. N. Behrman.
