Geronimo1967
Ok, elephant in the Great Hall first. Despite the clever trick photography and the outsized furniture, I just couldnt believe in the almost thirty-year-old Mary Pickford as the young Ceddy. Aside from the fact that she was attired as if she was an extra on a film about the English Civil War, it just didnt work for me at all. This cinematic version of the book sticks closer to the original text, allowing us to briefly meet more of the family Dorincourt including the wastrel Bevis (Colin Kenny) who has manages to irk his father, the Earl (Claude Gillingwater) by marrying an American (also MP) and having a young son. After his horse puts paid to his sons chances of inheriting, the old man has to eat some humble pie and invite his distant New Y...