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Step Lively, Jeeves!
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Wikipedia article
'Step Lively, Jeeves!' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. It is based on P. G. Wodehouse's characters. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by 20th Century Fox.
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 books and short stories about him (see Jeeves).
Plot
Two swindlers con Jeeves (portrayed by Arthur Treacher), claiming he has a fortune waiting for him in America, and he meets some gangsters there.
Cast
*Arthur Treacher as Jeeves
*Patricia Ellis as Patricia Westley
*Robert Kent as Gerry Townsend
*Alan Dinehart as Hon. Cedric B. Cromwell
*George Givot as Prince Boris Caminov
*Helen Flint as Babe
*John Harrington as Barney Ross
*George Cooper as Slug
*Arthur Housman as Max
*Max Wagner as Joey
*Franklin Pangborn as Gaston
* Phyllis Barry as Mrs. Tremaine
* George Cowl as Inspector
References
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