''A Temporary Gentleman'' is a 1920 British

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directed by

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and starring

Owen Nares Owen Ramsay Nares (11 August 1888 – 30 July 1943) was an English stage and film actor. Besides his acting career, he was the author of ''Myself, and Some Others'' (1925). Early life Educated at Reading School, Nares was encouraged by his mo ...

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and

Alfred Drayton Alfred Drayton (1 November 1881 – 26 April 1949) was a British stage and film actor. Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was ''T ...

. It was shot at

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.Harris p.65

Plot

A clerk's service as subaltern spoils him for menial work.

Cast

as Walter Hope *

as Miss Hudson * Tom Reynolds as Mr. Jack *

Maudie Dunham Maudie Dunham (1902 in Doddinghurst, Essex - 1982) was a British actress. Filmography * '' The Beetle'' (1919) * ''The Winning Goal'' (1920) * ''The Ugly Duckling'' (1920) * '' Love in the Wilderness'' (1920) * '' The Night Riders'' (1920) * '' ...

as Alice Hope *

Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress. Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell, she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her sta ...

as Mrs. Hope *

as Sir Herbert Hudson

References

Bibliography

* Harris, Ed. ''Britain's Forgotten Film Factory: The Story of Isleworth Studios''. Amberley Publishing, 2012.

External links

* 1920 films 1920 comedy films British comedy films British silent feature films Films set in England Films shot at Isleworth Studios British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent comedy films {{1920s-UK-film-stub