|
starring: Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Guy Standing, Tyrone Power, C. Aubrey Smithdirected by: Henry King
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303957074
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 6303957072
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 2119
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 1936
Related Items:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Interesting Film
A little off the beaten track but a great introduction to that British Institution Lloyds of London and the birth of the Insurance Industry. Yeah I know it sounds boring but give it a chance! Tryone Powers is in it!
Rating:  - +1/2. Nice early glimpse at Tyrone Power's charm
This semi-historical drama features a young, rail-thin Tyrone Power in his first starring role, as Jonathan Blake, a fictional English entrepreneur who has a rags-to-riches career at the famed Lloyd's insurance company. He is also the (again, fictional) childhood friend of Lord Horatio Nelson, naval hero of the Battle of Trafalgar, where the British turned aside and decisively defeated the combined armada of Napoleonic France and his Spanish allies. Power is attractive, but a bit stiff; the film ... Read More
Rating: - A Star Is Born
Freddie Bartholomew steals each scene he's in during the first half-hour or so of this lavish production, and then he grows up into Tyrone Power and we forget him until the very last scene.
This was the film that made Tyrone Power a star. With all the costumes and the historical names being used and the moral clash of patriotism and monetary gain, the plot's more than a little leaden at times, and we're left to ponder if the end does in fact justify the means. The plot sometimes lectures, ... Read More
|
