Beau Brummell

Beau Brummell is a 1954 British historical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt and produced by Sam Zimbalist from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg, based on the 1890 play Beau Brummell by Clyde Fitch. The play was previously adapted as a silent film made in 1924 and starring John Barrymore as Beau Brummell, Mary Astor, and Willard Louis as the Prince of Wales. The music score was by Richard Addinsell with Miklós Rózsa. The film stars Stewart Granger as Beau Brummell, Elizabeth Taylor as Lady Patricia Belham, and Peter Ustinov as the Prince of Wales. Plot Set in the latter years of the reign of King George III, George Bryan “Beau” Brummell - a captain in the Army, is on a military parade inspected by George, The Prince of Wales - the future King George IV, and they argue about the uniform being impractical for active military life. It is here he meets Lady Patricia Belham, who was accompanying Mrs Maria Anne Fitzherbert, the mistress of the Prince. As it is the Prince who has designed the uniform personally, the Prince instructs Brummell to get off parade and after a further argument at dinner, Brummell is dismissed from the Army in disgrace. Upon entering life outside of the Army, Brummell makes his criticisms known of the Prince publicly and his comments are published in the newspapers. He is subsequently summonsed to the Prince to be admonished personally, but after some discussion, they in fact become friends. As a friend and close advisor of the Prince of Wales (despite being the son of a valet), Brummell becomes a fashionable man in London society, known for his exquisite taste and setting fashion trends among the elite. However, he is growing increasingly in debt.