• "Pimpernel" Smith (released in the US as Mister V) is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates...
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    The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of...
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    rate of 12,000 people per day. Wallenberg was directly inspired by "Pimpernel" Smith, a 1941 British anti-Nazi propaganda thriller. The film had been banned...
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  • definitive portrayal of the role. In 1941, he played a similar role in "'Pimpernel' Smith" but this time set in pre-WWII Germany. In 1792, shortly before the...
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    Bondage, The Scarlet Pimpernel (both 1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First...
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    (1936). Other British films followed such as Love on the Dole (1941), Pimpernel Smith (also 1941), Old Mother Riley Overseas and Old Mother Riley Detective...
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  • Gate Theatre, London in 1936. She performed with Leslie Howard in "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) and Anna Petrovitch in the Ealing war movie Undercover (1943)...
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    become an actor. His first film role was an uncredited bit part in Pimpernel Smith (1941), a film directed by and starring his father in the title role...
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    as Willie Bagshott "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) as Steve The Way to the Stars (1945) as 'Prune' Parsons Journey Together (1945) as Smith I See a Dark Stranger...
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  • featured in the English WWI Leslie Howard movie, "Pimpernel" Smith, as the code tune to indicate the pimpernel's presence. Pete Seeger wrote “Well May the World...
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  • 1940, his autobiography Master of None was published. Pertwee wrote Pimpernel Smith (1941) and had a small role on screen. He appeared in The Day Will...
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  • Hills 25 July Target for Tonight (GB) 26 July Bad Men of Missouri Pimpernel Smith August 1941 1 August Bowery Blitzkrieg Charley's Aunt 2 August Major...
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    including This Man Is Dangerous (1940), Dangerous Moonlight (1941) and Pimpernel Smith (1941). Rennie auditioned again for Michael Balcon, now head of Ealing...
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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics & book by Nan Knighton, based on the 1905 novel of the same name by Baroness...
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  • Gasbags (1941) as Burgomaster's wife Spellbound (1941) as Mrs Nugent "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) in an uncredited bit part Uncensored (1942) as Frau von Koerner...
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  • in the 1934 film version of Princess Charming. Other films include "Pimpernel" Smith, John Wesley and The Shakedown. He also worked in television, appearing...
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  • The Pillar of Fire (1899) The Pillow Book (1996) Pillow Talk (1959) Pimpernel Smith (1941) Pin (1989) Pin Cushion (2017) Pina (2011) Pineapple Express...
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  • propaganda and films produced in support of the war effort, such as Pimpernel Smith (1941). He had been in Spain and Portugal on a lecture tour promoting...
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    and Old Bill and Son (1941). He was in Dangerous Moonlight (1941), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941), Sheepdog of the Hills (1941), Back-Room Boy (1942), The Day...
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  • Mary Morris remembered that an intimate scene with Leslie Howard, for Pimpernel Smith was "interrupted 22 times by aircraft noise." Denham's final film was...
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  • John Price Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941) .... Dr Kerbishley "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) .... Marx Once a Crook (1941) .... Prison Governor The Day Will...
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  • produced by Hal Roach January 31, 1942 Brooklyn Orchid February 12, 1942 Pimpernel Smith U.S. distribution only; produced by British National Films March 6...
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  • Great and Small (which featured his wife) and Dixon of Dock Green. "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) - Camp Guard with Lantern (uncredited) They Made Me a Fugitive...
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  • Sinclair Lewis' 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here. In the 1941 movie "Pimpernel" Smith, Leslie Howard's titular character recites a piece of this poem ("God...
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    Azito as the Police Sergeant. Smith has appeared in other Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grand Hotel, The Human Comedy...
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    sides were directed by Hungarians: Münchhausen by Josef von Báky and "Pimpernel" Smith by Leslie Howard. With another, longer-lasting, communist takeover...
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    (1939) as Blackbeard, Vincent St George 21 Days (1940) as Mander "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) as General von Graum The Day Will Dawn (1942) as Kommandant...
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  • Love on the Dole (1941) - Agitator on Demonstration (uncredited) "Pimpernel" Smith (1941) - Reporter (uncredited) Facing the Music (1941) The Saint Meets...
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  • popular film of 1941 in Britain, after 49th Parallel, Great Dictator, Pimpernel Smith and Lady Hamilton. In a contemporary review, Bosley Crowther wrote...
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