The Great Garrick (1937)
October 30, 1937Release Date
The Great Garrick (1937)
October 30, 1937Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Brian Aherne
David Garrick
Olivia de Havilland
Germaine
Edward Everett Horton
Tubby
Melville Cooper
M. Picard
Lionel Atwill
M. Beaumarchais
James Whale
Director
Luis Alberni
Luis Basset
Ernest Vajda
Writer
Lana Turner
Mlle. Auber
Marie Wilson
Mlle. Nicolle
Rowland Leigh
Writer
Adolph Deutsch
Composer
Linda Perry
Mlle. Molee
Fritz Leiber
Horatio in 'Hamlet'
Ernest Haller
Cinematographer
Etienne Girardot
Jean Cabot
Media.
Details.
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The Great Garrick is a 1937 American historical comedy film directed by James Whale and starring Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, and Edward Everett Horton. The film also features Lionel Atwill, Luis Alberni, Melville Cooper, and future star Lana Turner, who has a bit part. Based on the play Ladies and Gentlemen by Ernest Vajda, the film is about the famous eighteenth-century British actor David Garrick, who travels to France for a guest appearance at the Comédie Française. When the French actors hear rumours that he said he will teach them the art of acting, they devise a plot to teach him a lesson. Though often overlooked by critics in favor of Whale's horror films, The Great Garrick was chosen by Jonathan Rosenbaum for his alternative list of the Top 100 American Films.