1954 drama Beau Brummell is the lavishly told story of George Bryan Brummel, a commoner born in the era of Napoleon who uses wit, brilliance, and sartorial flair to align himself with the future King George IV. Lush settings in authentic locations and Taylor in Regency costume make this an appealing eyeful. The 1924 silent version starred John Barrymore.
Many of the rich interiors for Beau Brummel were shot in an intact 15th-century mansion, Ockwell Manor, located near Windsor Castle in the English countryside.
production details
USA | MGM | 113 minutes | 1954
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Original Story: Clyde Fitch
Director of Photography: Oswald Morris
Editor: Frank Clarke
Composer: Richard Addinsell
Screenwriter: Karl Tunberg
Production Designer: Alfred Junge
Costume Designer: Elizabeth Haffenden
cast
Stewart Granger as Beau Brummell
Elizabeth Taylor as Lady Patricia Belham
Peter Ustinov as principe di Galles
Charles Carson as Sir Geoffrey Baker
Paul Rogers as William Pitt
Robert Morley as King George III
Mark Dignam as Mr. Burke
Peter Bull as Mr. Fox
James Hayter as Mortimer
James Donald as Lord Edwin Mercer
Ernest Clark as Doctor Warren
Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Fitzherbert
Noel Willman as Lord Byron
Peter Dyneley as Midger
Desmond Roberts as Colonel