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The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy , and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St.
Hollywood took to the Pimpernel early and often, although most of the Pimpernel movies have been based on a melange of the original book and another Orczy novel, Eldorado. The best known of the Pimpernel movies is the 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Leslie Howard, which is often considered the definitive portrayal and adaptation. [15]
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1934 British adventure film directed by Harold Young and starring Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, and Raymond Massey.Based on the 1905 play by Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow and the classic 1905 adventure novel by Orczy, the film is about an eighteenth-century English aristocrat (Howard) who leads a double life, passing himself off as an effete aristocrat while ...
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress. [1] She gained recognition for portraying Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) and saw further success with her role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934).
Grant reprised the role in "The Bells of Saint John" and in the Series 7 finale, "The Name of the Doctor". Grant as The Voice for 2+2+2 at Heavy Entertainment, London. Grant appeared as "The Voice" in 2+2+2 at American Nights at The King's Head Theatre , from 3 to 29 July 2007, and in 2008 co-starred in the London-based comedy Filth and Wisdom .
Scene from The Ten Commandments movie Just in time for Easter! Director Cecil B. DeMille ’s epic The Ten Commandments , which celebrates its 68th anniversary in 2024, will air just before Easter ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series) The Scarlet Pumpernickel; T. The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film) This page was last edited on 11 May 2023, at 05:40 ...
The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was released in the United States under the title The Fighting Pimpernel.