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His Lordship
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
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The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
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Genre:Comedy, Music
Written By:Ralph Smart
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Runtime:79 minutes
Studio:Westminster Films
Cast
Michael Powell
Director
Jerry Verno
Bert Gibbs
Janet McGrew
Ilya Myona
Ben Welden
Washington Roosevelt Lincoln
Polly Ward
Leninia
Peter Gawthorne
Ferguson, the Butler
Muriel George
Mrs.Emma Gibbs
Michael Hogan
Comrade Curzon
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
Comrade Howard
Patrick Ludlow
Hon. Grimsthwaite
Valerie Hobson
Last Face in Montage (uncredited)
Anna Lee
Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
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