''The Amateur Gentleman'' is a 1920 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...
and starring
Langhorn Burton,
Madge Stuart
Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928.
Selected filmography
* ''Nature's Gentleman'' (1918)
* '' The Elu ...
and
Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version ...
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/ref> The film is adapted from the 1913 novel ''The Amateur Gentleman
''The Amateur Gentleman'' is a novel by Jeffery Farnol, published in 1913. It was made into a silent film in 1920 and again in 1926 and a talking film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
Plot summ ...
'' by Jeffery Farnol
Jeffery Farnol (10 February 1878 – 9 August 1952) was a British writer from 1907 until his death in 1952, known for writing more than 40 romance novels, often set in the Georgian Era
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1 ...
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Story filmed again in 1926 as ''The Amateur Gentleman
''The Amateur Gentleman'' is a novel by Jeffery Farnol, published in 1913. It was made into a silent film in 1920 and again in 1926 and a talking film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
Plot summ ...
'' starring Richard Barthelmess
Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) and ''Way Down East'' (1920) and ...
and in 1936 as ''The Amateur Gentleman
''The Amateur Gentleman'' is a novel by Jeffery Farnol, published in 1913. It was made into a silent film in 1920 and again in 1926 and a talking film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.
Plot summ ...
'' starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), '' Gunga Din'' (1939) ...
Premise
In Regency Britain a young man tries to establish his father's innocence of an accused crime, by travelling to London disguised as a gentleman.
Cast
* Langhorn Burton ... Barnabas Barty
* Madge Stuart
Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928.
Selected filmography
* ''Nature's Gentleman'' (1918)
* '' The Elu ...
... Lady Cleone Meredith
* Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version ...
... Wilfred Chichester
* Herbert Synott ... John Barty
* Pardoe Woodman ... Ronald Barrymaine
* Alfred Paumier ... Prince Regent
* Gerald McCarthy ... Viscount Horatio Debenham
* Geoffrey Wilmer ... Captain Slingsby
* Sydney Seaward
Sydney Widmer Seaward (27 January 1884 – 22 June 1967) was an English actor born in Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died at age 83 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
Selected filmography
* ''Pierre of ...
... Sir Mortimer Carnaby
* E. Vivian Reynolds ... Jasper Gaunt
* Dalton Somers ... Natty Bell
* Teddy Arundell
Teddy Arundell (1873 in Devon – 5 November 1922, in London) was a British film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''The Lyons Mail'' (1916)
* ''Justice'' (1917)
* ''Nelson'' (1918)
* '' The Swindler'' (1918)
* ''The Splendid Cowar ...
... Digby Smivvle
* Will Corrie
Will Corrie (14 January 1867 - 1950) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Hard Times (1915 film), Hard Times'' (1915)
* ''The Laughing Cavalier (film), The Laughing Cavalier'' (1917)
* ''The Manxman (1917 film), The M ...
... Captain Chumley
* Judd Green
Judd Green (also credited as R. Judd Green; 1866–1932) was a British film actor of the silent era. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in 1866 and made his first screen appearance in 1914.
Selected filmography
* '' The Third String'' (1914)
* ...
... Jerry the Bosun
References
External links
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1920 films
British historical drama films
British silent feature films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Maurice Elvey
1920s historical drama films
Films set in London
Films set in the 1810s
British black-and-white films
Films based on British novels
Cultural depictions of George IV
1920 drama films
1920s British films
Silent historical drama films
Silent adventure drama films
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