The Guv'nor
HERE'S A NEW ARLISS FOR YOU! a completely new personality as a happy-go-lucky rolling stone.
1935 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Milton Rosmer |
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| The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1935 |
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| Director: | Milton Rosmer |
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| Genres: | Comedy |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: May 07, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| George Arliss | François Rothschild aka The Guv'nor |
| Gene Gerrard | Flit |
| Viola Keats | Madelaine Granville |
| Patric Knowles | Paul |
| Frank Cellier | Barsac |
| George Hayes | Dubois |
| Mary Clare | Mme. Barsac |
| Henrietta Watson | Mrs. Granville |
| Ivor Barnard | Vagrant |
| William Hartnell | Car Salesman |
| Mervyn Johns | Bank Director |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | Undetermined Role |
| Bernard Miles | Man at Meeting |
| Mignon O'Doherty | Margot |
| Cecil Parker | Bank Director |
| Frederick Piper | Gendarme |
| C. Denier Warren | Manager |
| Name | Job |
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| Milton Rosmer | Director |
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This is certainly one of George Arliss's more engaging performances, this one. He plays a well educated tramp who is mistaken for a member of the renowned Rothschild family, and is soon on the board of a bank. It turns out that despite his complete lack of training (or, maybe because of it) he has a ... bit of a penchant for the business - and he also has quite a degree of integrity too. Of course, in the end he gets a comeuppance of sorts, but for the most part this is an enjoyable little comedy feature that pokes fun at the class system, at snobbery and offers quite a lot to giggle at as he illustrates the shallowness of so much of the attitudes of the ruling classes. Maybe a bit long, the joke does begin to strain a little, but a solid supporting cast give Arliss a clear run, and I really quite enjoyed this.