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The Elusive Pimpernel (TV Series)
The Elusive Pimpernel may refer to: * ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' (novel), a 1908 novel by Baroness Orczy * ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1919 film), an adaptation of the novel * ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1950 film), an adaptation of the Baroness Orczy novel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elusive Pimpernel (novel)
First published in 1908, ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title ''Nouveaux Exploits du Mouron Rouge.'' It was adapted into a silent film '' The Elusive Pimpernel'' in 1919. Plot summary It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin travels to England as an official representative of the French government tasked with looking after the interests of French citizens, but this is only a cover and his real purpose is to trick Sir Percy Blakeney into returning to France, where he can be captured and put to the guillotine. The plot is hatched at a gala on Richmond Green, with the help of a young French actress, Désirée Candiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elusive Pimpernel (1919 Film)
''The Elusive Pimpernel'' is a 1919 British silent film, silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche and Norman Page. It was based on the 1908 novel ''The Elusive Pimpernel (novel), The Elusive Pimpernel'' by Baroness Orczy. Plot A foppish English aristocrat secretly rescues people from the guillotine during the French Revolution. Cast * Cecil Humphreys - Sir Percy Blakeney * Marie Blanche - Lady Blakeney * Norman Page - Chauvelin * A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons - Robespierre * Teddy Arundell - Colet d'Herbois * Madge Stuart - Juliette Marny * A. Harding Steerman - Abbe Jouquet * Dorothy Hanson - Mlle. Cardeille References External links * 1919 films British silent feature films British historical adventure films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey 1910s historical adventure films Films set in England Films set in France Films set in the 1790s Scarlet Pimpernel films British black-and-white films Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |