Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) was a Drama Film directed by Hanns Schwarz and produced by Alexander Korda, Adrian Brunel and Arnold Pressburger.

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) with Barry Barnes

Share This! A Thousand Sabers Flash in Conquest! Somehow the sequel to 1934’s The Scarlet Pimpernel never takes off.? As most astute viewers will know from the get go is that the follow-up The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel lacks any sense of star power.? Instead of Leslie Howard and Merle Ob... Read full article

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel Directed by Hanns Schwarz Written by Lajos Bir?, Adrian Brunel, and Arthur Wimperis from a novel by ?Baroness Emmuska Orczy 1937/UK London Film Productions First viewing This has a low IMDb user rating of 5.3/10, so I didn’t expect much going in. ?I must say I t... Read full article

The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Family-Friendly Rating: “Enjoyable” but not as good as the first Scarlet Pimpernel with Leslie Howard previously reviewed. This time the hero is played by Barry K. Barnes and his wit and his clever escape tricks don’t have the same charm as the earlier film but if you enjoyed the f... Read full article

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937, Hanns Schwarz)

As Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel enters its third act, there’s this startling suggestion… one of the good guys has been sleeping with Robespierre to get in his good graces. I’m unaware of such an overt implication in any Hollywood films of 1937. Unfortunately, that singularity is... Read full article