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 ... More Less
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. More Less
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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