Actress Peg is jilted by her boyfriend Michael, and becomes a famous Drury Lane actress.Actress Peg is jilted by her boyfriend Michael, and becomes a famous Drury Lane actress.Actress Peg is jilted by her boyfriend Michael, and becomes a famous Drury Lane actress.
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Cedric Hardwicke
- David Garrick
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke also)
Sara Allgood
- Irish Woman on Boat
- (uncredited)
Gordon Bailey
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
George Barrett
- Tom - Stage Doorkeeper
- (uncredited)
Frederick Culley
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Leslie French
- Alexander Pope
- (uncredited)
Florence Harwood
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Tom Heslewood
- William Pitt
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox(uncredited)
- Writers
- Miles Malleson
- Charles Reade(uncredited)
- Tom Taylor(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film achieved the aim of Wilcox to emulate the success of "Nell Gwynn" the previous year using the same leads, much of the supporting cast and technical crew.
- ConnectionsVersion of Peg Woffington (1910)
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Peg of Old Drury
Herbert Wilcox assembled a pretty strong cast for this historical romance. Anna Neagle is the eponymous "Peg" who comes to London from Ireland with her beau "Michael" (Jack Hawkins). He promptly dumps her and she decides to make a career on the stage. With the assistance of impresario David Garrick (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) she becomes an huge success wowing crowds at the famous "Theatre Royal" in Drury Lane - and enticing Garrick to fall for her... Her success brings back the now unwanted attentions of her erstwhile beau and also some serious health issues at which point the story becomes a touch too melodramatic. It is fortunate that much of this is set in/around the theatre as the performances are very much in that mould - intentionally or not. Small sets, narrow-focus photography and jauntily composed music keep this jolly drama rolling along well enough, though the dialogue meanders at times. There are some quite decent visual effects here, for 1935, too.
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- CinemaSerf
- Dec 2, 2022
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- Filming locations
- The British & Dominions Imperial Studios, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: produced at the British & Dominions Imperial Studios Boreham Wood, England.)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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