Step Lively, Jeeves!

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Step Lively, Jeeves!
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Eugene Forde
Screenplay by Frank Fenton
Lynn Root
Story by Frances Hyland
Produced by John Stone
Starring Arthur Treacher
Patricia Ellis
Robert Kent
Alan Dinehart
George Givot
Helen Flint
Cinematography Daniel B. Clark
Edited by Fred Allen
Music by Samuel Kaylin
Distributed by 20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • April 1, 1937 (1937-04-01)
Running time
69 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Step Lively, Jeeves! is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher as P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves alongside Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by 20th Century-Fox. [1] [2] [3]

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The character of Jeeves' master, Bertie Wooster, does not appear. The film is not based on any Jeeves story, and portrays Jeeves as a naive bumbler (which is not how he is portrayed by Wodehouse in the novels and short stories about him). [4]

Plot

Two swindlers con Jeeves (portrayed by Arthur Treacher), claiming that he's the descendant of Sir Francis Drake, and has a fortune waiting for him in America. Arriving in New York, Jeeves gets mixed up with gangsters.

Cast

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References

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  4. Taves, Brian (2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. McFarland. p. 78. ISBN   0-7864-2288-2.