May 23, 2012

Films

His Lordship – 1936 | 73 mins | Adventure, Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

His Lordship

Light-hearted political potboiler adapted from Neil Grant’s play The Nelson Touch. Suspected of murdering a Middle Eastern emir, Bill (Romilly Lunge), aided by his friend Richard (George Arliss) escapes to England, one step ahead of the real killers. Realising his brother, the Foreign Secretary, wont help, Richard kidnaps and impersonates him – trapping the real killers and averting war.

Production Team

Herbert Mason: Director
Alfred Junge: Art Direction
SC Balcon: Associate Producer
Günther Krampf: Cinematography
Marianne: Costume Department
Michael Gordon: Editing
Louis Levy: Music Direction
L du Garde Peach: Script
Maude T Howell: Script
Edwin Greenwood: Script
F McNally: Sound

Cast

Lawrence Anderson: Nahil
George Arliss: Richard Fraser/Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
Basil Gill: Abdullah
Allan Jeayes: Barak
Romilly Lunge: Bill Howard
Bernard Merefield: Phillpotts
René Ray: Vera
John Turnbull: Stevenson
Jessie Winter: Lady Duncaster



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