''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 ...

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 ...

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 or English Regency period, and swashbucklers. He, with Geor ...

. Story filmed again in 1926 as ''

'' 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 w ...

and in 1936 as ''

'' starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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 *

... Lady Cleone Meredith *

... 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 ... 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 Cow ...

... Digby Smivvle * Will Corrie ... 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

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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 {{1920s-UK-film-stub