Bert Gibbs becomes a Lord but agrees to pose as the fiance of a movie star to please his mother..


Is this thing worth the watch? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for mid-1930s British cinema and the kind of forced, fast-talking humor that makes you feel like you're trapped in a drawing room for eighty minutes. If you want high-stakes drama or anything even remotely grounded in reality, you will probab...


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"Is this thing worth the watch? Honestly, only if you have a massive soft spot for mid-1930s British cinema and the kind of forced, fast-talking humor that makes you feel like you're trapped in a drawing room for eighty minutes. If you want high-stakes drama or anything even remotely grounded in reality, you will probably hate this. The plot is a total mess of 'let's pretend' shenanigans. Bert Gibbs goes from being a nobody to a Lord, which is the kind of leap that usually triggers a bunch of fr..."
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Oliver Madox Hueffer, Ralph Smart
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