The Great Garrick (1937)

6.6/10 • 89 min • History Comedy Romance

Overview

Celebrated 18th-century British actor David Garrick receives an invitation from the Comédie-Française in Paris, but they mistakenly hear that he plans to give them acting lessons. Insulted, the troupe arranges to stay at his inn and put on an outlandish performance to convince him of their skills. When Countess Germaine de la Corbe, fleeing an arranged marriage, arrives, Garrick believes that her romantic advances are part of the plot.

Cast

Brian Aherne

David Garrick

Olivia de Havilland

Germaine de la Corbe

Edward Everett Horton

Tubby

Melville Cooper

M. W. Picard

Lionel Atwill

M. Beaumarchais

Luis Alberni

Luis Basset

Lana Turner

Mlle. Auber

Marie Wilson

Mlle. Nicolle

Linda Perry

Mlle. Molee

Fritz Leiber

Horatio in 'Hamlet'

Etienne Girardot

Jean Cabot

Dorothy Tree

Mme. Moreau

Craig Reynolds

M. Janin

Paul Everton

Innkeeper of Adam and Eve

Trevor Bardette

M. Noverre

Albert Dekker

LeBrun

Chester Clute

M. Moreau

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