The First Gentleman
1948 | 111m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Alberto Cavalcanti |
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| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Reginald Long |
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| The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 15, 1948 |
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| Director: | Alberto Cavalcanti |
| Writer: | Nicholas Phipps, Reginald Long |
| Genres: | History |
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| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Columbia British Productions |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg |
| Joan Hopkins | Princess Charlotte |
| Cecil Parker | The Prince Regent |
| Margaretta Scott | Lady Hartford |
| Jack Livesey | Edward |
| Ronald Squire | Mr. Brougham |
| Athene Seyler | Miss Knight |
| Olwen Brookes | Princess Mary |
| Judy Beaumont | Princess Sophia |
| Anthony Hawtrey | Sir Richard Croft |
| Hugh Griffith | John Fisher |
| Gerard Heinz | Doctor Stockmar |
| Joan Young | Mrs. Griffiths |
| George Curzon | Duke of York |
| Betty Huntley-Wright | Princess Elizabeth |
| Tom Gill | Prince William |
| Lydia Sherwood | Princess Augusta |
| Frances Waring | Queen Charlotte |
| Amy Frank | Caroline |
| Richard Shayne | Lord Eldon |
| Melissa Stribling | Lady Conyngham |
| Claud Allister | Manservant |
| Drusilla Wills | 1st Lady In Waiting |
| Judith Nelmes | 2nd Lady In Waiting |
| Dorothy Hammond | 3rd Lady In Waiting |
| Beatrice Rowe | 4th Lady In Waiting |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Alberto Cavalcanti | Director |
| Jack Hildyard | Director of Photography |
| Nicholas Phipps | Screenplay |
| Philip Stockford | Set Dresser |
| Lennox Berkeley | Original Music Composer |
| Reginald Long | Adaptation |
| Norman Ginsbury | Theatre Play |
| Frank Hollands | Assistant Director |
| Frank Cross | Hairstylist |
| George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |
| C.P. Norman | Art Direction |
| Margery Saunders | Editor |
| Charles Crafford | Sound Editor |
| Arthur Southgate | Sound Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Ivan Lassgallner | Associate Producer |
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Cecil Parker steals each scene in this flamboyant British Regency romance. He is the Prince Regent, elder son of King George III, whose daughter Princess Charlotte (Jean Hopkins) is enamoured of Prince Leopold (Jean-Pierre Aumont). Cavlacanti manages to keep the whole thing moving along in a jolly s ... ort of fashion, with some jolly, period-style, scoring and some nice character parts from the likes of Margaretta Scott and the always reliable Hugh Griffith (this time as a Bishop!). A factual depiction? Well apart from the fact that the young couple really did exist, I can't say, but that doesn't really matter - it is an opportunity for a bit of a theatrical romp through early 19th Century British society that I found mildly entertaining - if perhaps twenty minutes too long.