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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
British Adventure Drama.
A noblewoman discovers her husband is a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine around the time of Robespierre’s Reign of Terror.
Based on the 1905 play by Baroness Orczy and Montagu Barstow and the classic 1905 adventure novel.
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America admonished: “There is cleavage in Reel 1. There is cleavage in Reel 4. There is gross cleavage in Reel 8”,
adding that it was the last film it would pass containing “scenes of offensive cleavage”.
When Sir Percy recites his poem, it contains the word “demmed” which, in the US in 1934, would have been construed as profanity and would not have been allowed. This film was produced in England, however, where it was.
Percy Blakeney refers to one of the boxers as “Mendoza”, a reference to Daniel Mendoza, the 18th-century British Jew who revolutionized boxing. Mendoza was the heavyweight champion of England (1792-95), despite being a middleweight.
When Marguerite is talking to her husband and mentions the revolution occurring on July 14. She is referring to the Storming of The Bastille.
The Scarlet Pimpernel was the sixth most popular film at the British box office during 1935–36.
| Directed by | Harold Young |
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| Written by | Scenario, continuity & dialogue: Lajos Bíró S. N. Behrman Robert E. Sherwood Arthur Wimperis Baroness Emmuska Orczy (uncredited) Alexander Korda (contributing writer, uncredited) |
| Based on | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905 play) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and Montagu Barstow and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1908 novel) by Baroness Orczy |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
| Starring | Leslie Howard Merle Oberon Raymond Massey |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Edited by | William Hornbeck |
| Music by | Arthur Benjamin |
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London Films
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £81,000 |
| Box office | £420,000 |
