The Man from Blankley's

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The Man from Blankley's
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Written by F. Anstey (play)
Joseph Jackson (also titles)
Harvey F. Thew
Starring John Barrymore
Loretta Young
Cinematography James Van Trees
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) March 28, 1930
Running time 67 min
Country USA
Language English
IMDb profile

The Man from Blankley's is a 1903 play by F. Anstey. The play was made into a 1930 film by Alfred E. Green, with John Barrymore and Loretta Young.

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[edit] Plot

The difference between social classes provides the basis for this comedy. The trouble begins when a drunken sot wanders into the fancy home of a woman who is hosting a gala dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh, a middle-class English couple, are giving a dinner party in honour of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle, hoping to receive his financial aid in their struggle to keep up appearances. She had invited 13 guests, as a result of regrets, and Gabriel is superstitious. To offset this, she hires Blankely's, a professional company, to send her a sophisticated 14th guest, 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. Naturally Mrs. Tidmarsh mistakes the drunk for the hired guest and invites him to dine. Mayhem ensues. Margery recognizes the tipsy man as a former lover, and he is assumed to be an impostor. 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.

[edit] Production history

  • The play was performed on Broadway at the Criterion Theatre, from September 16 to November 1903, for 79 performances. This is the show's only Broadway production to date, according to IBDB.

[edit] Cast for the film

  • John Barrymore - Lord Strathpeffer
  • Loretta Young - Margery Seaton
  • William Austin - Mr. Poffley
  • Albert Gran - Uncle Gabriel Gilwattle
  • Emily Fitzroy - Mrs. Tidmarsh
  • Dick Henderson - Mr. Tidmarsh
  • Edgar Norton - Dawes
  • Yorke Sherwood - Mr. Bodfish
  • Diana Hope - Mrs. Bodfish
  • Dale Fuller - Miss Flinders
  • D'Arcy Corrigan - Mr. Ditchwater
  • May Milloy - Mrs. Ditchwater
  • Louise Carver - Mrs Gilwattle
  • Tiny Jones - Miss Bule
  • Angella Mawby - Gwennie
  • Gwendolyn Logan - Maid
  • Sybil Grove - Maid
  • Fanny Brice

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