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The Great Garrick is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Melville Cooper, and future star Lana Turner, [1] who has a bit part. Based on the play Ladies and Gentlemen by Ernest Vajda, [2] the ...
- October 30, 1937 (USA)
- Mervyn LeRoy
The Great Garrick: Directed by James Whale. With Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper. A Paris troupe puts on outlandish performances for a celebrated 18th-century British actor in order to convince him of their talents.
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- Comedy, Romance
- James Whale
- 1937-10-30
The Great Garrick (Brian Aherne) is the most celebrated London theater actor of his day (18th century) and is invited to Paris to star at the Comedie Francaise, the most important theatre in France. Before his departure for Paris he is mistakenly quoted as saying that he is 'going to France to teach the French how to act'.
The Great Garrick (1937) is a fictional comedy set around a real person, the 18th-century British actor David Garrick, widely considered one of the greatest of all time. . After performing a show at London's Drury Lane Theater, Garrick (Brian Aherne) announces that he has accepted an invitation to appear on the Paris stage for a guest se
- James Whale, Sherry Shourds
- Brian Aherne
The Great Garrick. Celebrated 18th-century British actor David Garrick (Brian Aherne) receives an invitation from the Comédie-Française in Paris, but they mistakenly hear that he's planning to ...
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- James Whale
- Dennis Schwartz
- Brian Aherne
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Sep 10, 2012 · When they catch wind of his remark, the entire French company stages an elaborate hoax at a country inn in an attempt to humiliate their guest (who has a trick or two in hand). A swish, witty ...
The Great Garrick Among film's distinctive features are a strictly fictional romantic comedy story around the person of David Garrick, 18th-century English actor, a production of superlative ...
