His Lordship (1932)
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
Director: Michael Powell
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Jerry Verno as Bert Gibbs |
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Janet McGrew as Ilya Myona |
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Ben Welden as Washington Roosevelt Lincoln |
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Polly Ward as Leninia |
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Peter Gawthorne as Ferguson, the Butler |
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Muriel George as Mrs.Emma Gibbs |
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Michael Hogan as Comrade Curzon |
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V.C. Clinton-Baddeley as Comrade Howard |
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Patrick Ludlow as Hon. Grimsthwaite |
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Valerie Hobson as Last Face in Montage (uncredited) |
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Anna Lee as Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited) |
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Ray Noble as Orchestra Leader (uncredited) |
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Ian Wilson as Man Listening to the Speech (uncredited) |
| Directing | Michael Powell | Director |
| Sound | Leslie Holmes | Songs |
| Camera | Geoffrey Faithfull | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Maurice Winnick | Music Director |
| Editing | Arthur Seabourne | Editor |
| Art | Frank Wells | Art Direction |
| Writing | Oliver Madox Hueffer | Novel |
| Production | Jerome Jackson | Producer |
| Writing | Ralph Smart | Writer |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell | Music |
| Sound | Michael Rose | Sound |
| Sound | Clay Keyes | Songs |