His Lordship
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Director Michael Powell Screenplay Ralph Smart Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Musical Duration Country UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Oliver Madox Hueffer , Ralph Smart Release date 5 December 1932 (UK) Initial release December 5, 1932 (United Kingdom) Music director Richard Addinsell, Walter Leigh, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Paul Bergen, Ronald Hill Cast Jerry Verno (Bert Gibbs), Ben Welden (Washington Roosevelt Lincoln), Polly Ward (Leninia), Valerie Hobson (Last Face in Montage), Peter Gawthorne (Ferguson - the Butler)Similar movies Related Michael Powell movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
His Lordship is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.
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Plot
Cheerful Cockney Bert Gibbs inherits a title from his father and becomes Lord Thornton Heath. But then he meets up with movie star Ilya Myona and when his mother asks about her, Bert implies they are engaged. After some adventures with some dubious Russian types Bert's girl Lenina eventually wins him back.
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Subsequent history
His Lordship was declared to be "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute, but a copy was subsequently found. It was put onto safety film and shown at the NFT in 2000. It proved popular with audiences as a camp classic.
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His Lordship IMDb