The Amateur Gentleman (1920 film)
1920 film by Maurice Elvey
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The Amateur Gentleman is a 1920 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys.[1][2] The film is adapted from the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol.
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byJeffery Farnol
Produced byStoll Pictures
StarringLanghorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys
| The Amateur Gentleman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | Jeffery Farnol |
| Produced by | Stoll Pictures |
| Starring | Langhorn Burton, Madge Stuart and Cecil Humphreys |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
Story filmed again in 1926 as The Amateur Gentleman starring Richard Barthelmess and in 1936 as The Amateur Gentleman 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 as Barnabas Barty
- Madge Stuart as Lady Cleone Meredith
- Cecil Humphreys as Wilfred Chichester
- Herbert Synott as John Barty
- Pardoe Woodman as Ronald Barrymaine
- Alfred Paumier as Prince Regent
- Gerald McCarthy as Viscount Horatio Debenham
- Geoffrey Wilmer as Captain Slingsby
- Sydney Seaward as Sir Mortimer Carnaby
- E. Vivian Reynolds as Jasper Gaunt
- Dalton Somers as Natty Bell
- Teddy Arundell as Digby Smivvle
- Will Corrie as Captain Chumley
- Judd Green as Jerry the Bosun
