Lloyd's of London ( Lloyds of London )

Lloyd's of London (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Lloyds of London
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1936 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Henry King

Written By:
Ernest Pascal
Walter Ferris

Actors:
Freddie Bartholomew ..... Young Jonathan Blake
Madeleine Carroll ..... Lady Elizabeth Stacy
Guy Standing ..... John Julius Angerstein (as Sir Guy Standing)
Tyrone Power ..... Jonathan Blake
C. Aubrey Smith ..... Old 'Q'
Virginia Field ..... Polly
Douglas Scott ..... Young Horatio Nelson
George Sanders ..... Lord Everett Stacy
J.M. Kerrigan ..... Brook Watson
Una O'Connor ..... Widow Blake
Forrester Harvey ..... Percival Potts
Gavin Muir ..... Sir Gavin Gore
E.E. Clive ..... Magistrate
Miles Mander ..... Jukes
Montagu Love ..... Hawkins

Synopsis:

As a young lad, Jonathan Blake and his friend Horatio Nelson come across an inssurance fraud. Jonathan travels to London to visit Lloyd's coffee house, where various syndicates insure shipping ventures. Jonathan's information saves the syndicates a good deal of money and as his reward he asks only that he be allowed to learn the trade. As a grown-up he becomes a successful inssurance underwriter and his syndicate becomes quite profitable. A crisis occurs when they learn that 63 ships were sunk off the Azores by Napoleon's navy. Inssurance rates rise dramatically and ship owners refuse to go to sea. Jonathan proposes that they use the old rates in order to ensure Nelson can use his fighting ships in battle and not as convoy ships. Nelson's victory at Trafalgar means the British navy will use the seven seas.

Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship with Lord Nelson provides the basis for Blake's part in the growth of Lloyd's inssurance business following the Battle of Trafalgar. Only very slightly based on history.

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