The Man From Blankley's (1930)
65 mins | Comedy | 24 May 1930
Director:
Alfred E. GreenWriter:
Harvey ThewCinematographer:
James Van TreesProduction Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.F. Anstey's short story was originally published in the English humor magazine Punch. The play and story served as the basis for a 1920 Famous Players-Lasky silent film entitled The Fourteenth Man, directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Robert Warwick and Bebe Daniels (See Entry). Another sound daptation was produced in 1934 in Great Britain as Guest of Honour, with George King directing. ...
F. Anstey's short story was originally published in the English humor magazine Punch. The play and story served as the basis for a 1920 Famous Players-Lasky silent film entitled The Fourteenth Man, directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Robert Warwick and Bebe Daniels (See Entry). Another sound daptation was produced in 1934 in Great Britain as Guest of Honour, with George King directing.
Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh, a middle-class English couple, give a dinner party in honor of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle, hoping to receive his financial aid in their struggle to keep up appearances. Regrets reduce their table to 13; and because Gabriel is superstitious, they hire a guest from Blankley's, sight unseen; further cancellations obviate this necessity, and Margery Seaton, their governess, is invited; but the "hired guest" arrives anyhow and is announced as Lord Strathpeffer. Margery recognizes the tipsy man as a former lover, and he is assumed to be an imposter. Sobering, Strathpeffer realizes he has come to the wrong party and asserts his right to his title; but Gwennie hides her father's watch in Strathpeffer's pocket as he is renewing his romance with Margery. A police inspector arrives hunting for the missing lord, establishing his authenticity and the fact that he is not, after all, the hired ...
Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh, a middle-class English couple, give a dinner party in honor of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle, hoping to receive his financial aid in their struggle to keep up appearances. Regrets reduce their table to 13; and because Gabriel is superstitious, they hire a guest from Blankley's, sight unseen; further cancellations obviate this necessity, and Margery Seaton, their governess, is invited; but the "hired guest" arrives anyhow and is announced as Lord Strathpeffer. Margery recognizes the tipsy man as a former lover, and he is assumed to be an imposter. Sobering, Strathpeffer realizes he has come to the wrong party and asserts his right to his title; but Gwennie hides her father's watch in Strathpeffer's pocket as he is renewing his romance with Margery. A police inspector arrives hunting for the missing lord, establishing his authenticity and the fact that he is not, after all, the hired guest.
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