The First Gentleman
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Language English | 7/10 Genre Drama, History Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date March 1948 (UK) Initial release March 1948 (United Kingdom) Screenplay Nicholas Phipps, Reginald Long Cast Joan Hopkins (Princess Charlotte), (Prince Leopold), (The Prince Regent), (Lady Hartford), (Dr Stockmar)Similar movies Cecil Parker appears in The First Gentleman and Captain Boycott |
The First Gentleman is a 1948 British historical drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins and Cecil Parker. It portrays the relationships and marriage of George, Prince Regent and his tense dealings with other members of his family such as his only child Princess Charlotte and his younger brother Frederick, Duke of York. It was also released as Affairs of a Rogue.The film is based on a play, "The First Gentleman" by Norman Ginsbury, which was staged in London in 1945, starring Robert Morley as the Prince Regent and Wendy Hiller as Princess Charlotte.
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Plot
The film traces the reign of the Prince Regent following the Napoleonic wars, and the Prince's attempts to marry off his unruly daughter Charlotte to a number of acceptable nobles, but to no avail because she falls for Leopold, a poverty-stricken German prince. Charlotte's marriage to Leopold is a happy one until the birth of their child.
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