Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Directed by	Hanns Schwarz
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger Alexander Korda (executive producer)
Written by	Lajos Bíró Adrian Brunel
Starring	James Mason Barry K. Barnes Margaretta Scott
Distributed by	London Film Productions
Release dates	20 October 1937 (1937-10-20)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott and James Mason.^[1] It is a sequel to the 1934 film The Scarlet Pimpernel based on the stories by Baroness Emmuska Orczy.

France, 1794. Citizen Chauvelin lays a trap for his long-standing nemesis Sir Percy Blakeney (Barry K. Barnes) by kidnapping his wife (Margaretta Scott).^[2]

Plot

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy Blakeney, decides not to go back to France for a year after having promised this to his beloved wife, Lady Blakeney. However, Chauvelin plots and succeeds in kidnapping the Lady Blakeney and brings her to France, expecting her husband to follow so he can arrest the elusive Pimpernel. The plot works, but Sir Percy and his friends manage to find the Lady and almost succeed in bringing her back with them. However, Chauvelin manages to get the lady again and the League have to go back to rescue her a second time.

Cast

Barry K. Barnes as Sir Percy Blakeney / The Scarlet Pimpernel
Sophie Stewart as Marguerite Blakeney
Margaretta Scott as Theresa Cobarrus
James Mason as Jean Tallien
Francis Lister as Chauvelin
Anthony Bushell as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Patrick Barr as Lord Hastings
David Tree as Lord Harry Denning
John Counsell as Sir John Selton
Henry Oscar as Maximilien de Robespierre
Hugh Miller as De Calmet, Robespierre's Secretary
Allan Jeayes as Judge of the Tribunal
O. B. Clarence as De Marre
George Merritt as Chief of Police
Evelyn Roberts as Prince of Wales
Ben Williams as Robespierre's Spy (uncredited)

References

External links

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel at the Internet Movie Database
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Emma Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)

Novels

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905)
I Will Repay (1906)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1908)
Eldorado (1913)
The Laughing Cavalier (1913)
Lord Tony's Wife (1917)
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1919)
The First Sir Percy (1920)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1922)
Pimpernel and Rosemary (1924)
Sir Percy Hits Back (1927)
Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1929)
A Child of the Revolution (1932)
The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1933)
Sir Percy Leads the Band (1936)
The Gallant Pimpernel (omnibus, 1939)
Mam'zelle Guillotine (1940)

Adaptations

Film	The Elusive Pimpernel (1919) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) Pimpernel Smith (1941) The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Television	The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999–2000)

Musical	The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997)

The films of Hanns Schwarz

Nanon (1924)
The Telephone Operator (1925)
Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)
The Runaway Girl (1928)
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna (1929)
Melody of the Heart (1929)
Darling of the Gods (1930)
Burglars (1930)
Flagrant délit (1931)
Her Grace Commands (1931)
Monte Carlo Madness (1931)
Captain Craddock (1931)
Happy Hearts (1932)
Gypsies of the Night (1932)
Monte Carlo Madness (1932)
Prince of Arcadia (1933)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

The films of Alexander Korda

As director

1910s	Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914) The Duped Journalist (1914) Tutyu and Totyo (1914) Lea Lyon (1915) The Officer's Swordknot (1915) White Nights (1916) The Grandmother (1916) Tales of the Typewriter (1916) The Man with Two Hearts (1916) The One Million Pound Note (1916) Cyclamen (1916) Struggling Hearts (1916) The Laughing Saskia (1916) Miska the Magnate (1916) St. Peter's Umbrella (1917) The Stork Caliph (1917) Magic (1917) Harrison and Barrison (1917) Faun (1918) The Man with the Golden Touch (1918) Mary Ann (1918) Ave Caesar! (1919) White Rose (1919) Yamata (1919) Neither at Home or Abroad (1919) Number 111 (1919)

1920s	The Prince and the Pauper (1920) Masters of the Sea (1922) A Vanished World (1922) Samson and Delilah (1922) The Unknown Tomorrow (1923) Everybody's Woman (1924) Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924) Dancing Mad (1925) Madame Wants No Children (1926) A Modern Dubarry (1927) The Stolen Bride (1927) The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Yellow Lily (1928) Night Watch (1928) Love and the Devil (1929) The Squall (1929) Her Private Life (1929)

1930s	Lilies of the Field (1930) Women Everywhere (1930) The Princess and the Plumber (1930) The Men Around Lucy (1931) Rive gauche (1931) Marius (1931) Längtan till havet (1931) The Golden Anchor (1932) Service for Ladies (1932) Wedding Rehearsal (1932) The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) La dame de chez Maxim's (1933) The Girl from Maxim's (1933) The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) Rembrandt (1936)

1940s	That Hamilton Woman (1941) Perfect Strangers (1945) An Ideal Husband (1947)

As producer only

1930s	Women Who Play (1932) Men of Tomorrow (1932) That Night in London (1932) Strange Evidence (1933) Counsel's Opinion (1933) Cash (1933) Catherine the Great (1934) The Private Life of the Gannets (1934) (short) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Things Are Looking Up (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) Wharves and Strays (1935) (short) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1936) (short) The Fox Hunt (1936) Things to Come (1936) I Stand Condemned (1936) Men Are Not Gods (1936) Forget Me Not (1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) Fire Over England (1937) I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished) Dark Journey (1937) Elephant Boy (1937) Farewell Again (1937) Storm in a Teacup (1937) Action for Slander (1937) Knight Without Armour (1937) The Squeaker (1937) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) Paradise for Two (1937) The Divorce of Lady X (1938) The Drum (1938) South Riding (1938) The Challenge (1938) Prison Without Bars (1938) Q Planes (1939) The Four Feathers (1939) The Rebel Son (1939) The Spy in Black (1939) The Lion Has Wings (1939) Over the Moon (1939)

1940s	21 Days (1940) Conquest of the Air (1940) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Old Bill and Son (1941) Lydia (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Jungle Book (1942) The Biter Bit (1943) (short) The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) A Man about the House (1947) Mine Own Executioner (1947) Night Beat (1948) Anna Karenina (1948) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) That Dangerous Age (1949) The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) Saints and Sinners (1949) The Third Man (1949)

1950s	The Cure for Love (1950) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) The Bridge of Time (1950) (short documentary) My Daughter Joy (1950) State Secret (1950) The Wooden Horse (1950) Seven Days to Noon (1950) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) The Wonder Kid (1951) Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) Outcast of the Islands (1952) Home at Seven (1952) Who Goes There! (1952) Cry. the Beloved Country (1952) Edinburgh (1952) (short documentary) Road to Canterbury (1952) (short documentary) The Sound Barrier (1952) The Holly and the Ivy (1952) The Ringer (1953) Folly to Be Wise (1953) Twice Upon a Time (1953) The Captain's Paradise (1953) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) The Man Between (1953) The Heart of the Matter (1954) Hobson's Choice (1954) The Belles of St Trinian's (1954) The Teckman Mystery (1954) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) Three Cases of Murder (1955) A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Summertime (1955) Storm Over the Nile (1955) Richard III (1955) Smiley (1956)

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