Txoj kev xoo pob liab vog Pimpernel

While it may not be on classic film lists, I love Tus Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) by the same name, sau los ntawm Baroness Orczy. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with ties to the revolutionary government.

Leslie Howard portrays Sir Percy Blakeney, thiab Merle Oberon plays nws tus poj niam, Blakeney poj niam. Lady Blakeney does not know her husband is the Scarlet Pimpernel.

Tseem yuav yog los ntawm cov kev xoo pob liab vog Pimpernel

The film begins with the French revolutionary committee preparing to execute a family of aristocrats. Before the committee can transport the family to the guillotine, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his men spirit the aristocrats out of prison and across the channel to the safety of England.

After this latest escape, the French government sends a spymaster to England, Pej xeem Chauvelin, portrayed los ntawm Raymond Massey, tuaj txog ntawm Fabkis mus nrhiav tau hais tias cov Pimpernel.

Yav tag los, Chauvelin tricked Lady Blakeney into betraying her friends. Chauvelin tries to force Lady Blakeney into helping him by threatening her brother Armand’s safety.

Nws thiaj li, both Chauvelin and Lady Blakeney discover the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Both Chauvelin and Lady Blakeney rush back to France, one to kill Sir Percy and one to save him.

Born Leslie Howard Steiner in London, Hais rau hnub tim 3, 1893, Leslie Howard served in the British Army during World War I. The army demobilized Howard in 1917 due to shell shock.

Howard’s doctor suggested acting to soothe Howard’s nerves. Over the next twenty-five years, Howard achieved film superstardom in the United States in England.

Thaum ntiaj teb ua tsov ua rog II rhuav, Howard stopped acting in commercial films. Howard made films for the army focused on promoting the war effort. A German airplane shot down the commercial plane, which Howard rode in on his way back from Portugal, over the Bay of Biscay. The German Air Force shot the plane down on June 1, 1943. Leslie Howard died at 50 xyoo.

Txoj kev xoo pob liab vog Pimpernel (affiliate link) sau hais txog 90 minutes of fast-paced entertainment. Qhia rau kuv paub seb koj xav li cas txog naam.

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