The Elusive Pimpernel (1919 film)
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The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1919 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche and Norman Page.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090213224808/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32239 BFI.org] It was based on the 1908 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
- {{IMDb title|0011149|The Elusive Pimpernel}}
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Category:1910s English-language films
Category:1910s historical adventure films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British historical adventure films
Category:British silent feature films
Category:Cultural depictions of Maximilien Robespierre
Category:English-language historical adventure films
Category:Films based on works by Baroness Orczy
Category:Films directed by Maurice Elvey
Category:Films set in the 1790s
Category:Scarlet Pimpernel films
Category:Silent historical adventure films
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