The Elusive Pimpernel (1919 film)
| The Elusive Pimpernel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1919 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche and Norman Page.[1] It was based on the 1908 novel The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
Plot
[edit]A foppish English aristocrat secretly rescues people from the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Cast
[edit]- 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
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Categories:
- 1919 films
- British silent feature films
- British historical adventure films
- 1910s English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- 1910s historical adventure films
- Films set in England
- Films set in France
- Films set in the 1790s
- Scarlet Pimpernel films
- British black-and-white films
- Films based on works by Emma Orczy
- Cultural depictions of Maximilien Robespierre
- 1910s British films
- Silent historical adventure films
- English-language historical adventure films
- 1910s British film stubs
- Silent adventure film stubs