The First Gentleman (Cavalcanti, 1948): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6pm
This is a 35mm presentation and will feature a introduction by Josephine Botting, the BFI's National Archive Curator.
BFI introduction:
The behaviour of the British royals is a hot topic, and this historical
drama depicts one of the House of Windsor’s most controversial
forebears. Cecil Parker, best known as a character actor, was given the
leading role he was born to play: the bloated, dissolute Prince Regent.
He revels in the pomposity and lecherousness of the decadent ‘Prinny’,
who attempts to marry off his daughter Charlotte. Her tragically brief
but happy marriage to the handsome Belgian Prince Leopold is superbly
portrayed through the sensitive performances of Hopkins and Aumont.
Beautifully photographed against a lavish regency canvas, the fabulous
costumes by top Gainsborough designer Elizabeth Haffenden are the icing
on the cake.
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