Greer Garson, Trevor Howard and Denholm Elliott star in "The Invincible Mr. Disraeli," with guest stars Hurd Hatfield, Kate Reid, Eric Berry, and Geoffrey Kean. Originally broadcast in 1963.
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@howardking36012 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance by Trevor Howard! Lovely to see Greer Garson again, and to enjoy her inimitable grace and charm. Thank you!
@robertbrown-qf8xy3 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a cast!
@seltaeb9691 Жыл бұрын
Trevor Howard is always watchable.
@paulakpacente2 жыл бұрын
I read about Disraeli in college MANY years ago, Thanks for sharing.
@elmagodelmaryahoo2 жыл бұрын
A very delightful play, where Trevor Howard was The Perfect casting selection due to his OWN "natural" obstinance woven thru sardonic wit!!! *THX* Alan Eichler..... very enjoyable. 👌
@nancyfreeman96412 жыл бұрын
Outstanding performances.
@askan3521 Жыл бұрын
I'd never come across this before - what a gem!
@jackbuckley78162 жыл бұрын
Fabulous historical-drama with superb cast! Trevor Howard triumphantly portrays Mr. Disraeli. Greer Garson fine as his wife, still lovely & spry in 1963. Kate Reid simply marvelous as Victoria. Although many great actresses over the years have portrayed the fabled monarch in both movies & TV productions, I was most impressed with Ms. Reids'. She really brought the queen to life in a way I don't think I've ever seen done quite so skillfully before, as both regal & human. My favorite scene of this excellent drama was the first meeting between Disraeli & Victoria---just fantastic! I'm a huge fan of this era in British political history which I find fascinating. Both Disraeli & Gladstone were true giants of the age. Geoffrey Keene as the latter was quite good in this, too. I really didn't want this program to end. I'm sure I'll be indulging myself with it again in the near future. Now, then, gentlemen, I believe we were discussing the Suez Canal, were we not?
@writeract22 жыл бұрын
what a find - disraeli - fascinating - greer garson in 1963? can't believe it.
@meganeverson972 жыл бұрын
Greer Garson is so lovely in this production! I never knew this existed until now, she’s great in this!
@kathyfrew7282 Жыл бұрын
Nor did I!!
@TheTerryE3 жыл бұрын
how marvelous to have this!
@jaydouglas5847 Жыл бұрын
So wonderfully done ! A pleasure to watch. This was recommended to me by the YT algorithm as I had just watched the 4 part series of " Disraeli" a 1978 BBC production starring the great Ian McShane in the title role, which was also thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you BBC and YT.
@markchambers38333 ай бұрын
The Ian McShane series is much more historically accurate than this.
@jasonhurd43793 жыл бұрын
What a treat to see the great Kate Reid as Queen Victoria! She brought every part she played to brilliant, dazzling life, and Victoria R is no exception. A sadly underrated actress. Thank God we have video and film documentation of her luminous art. Thank you so much for the upload!
@DeanRussellHickey Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this film. I'm watching as many as I can on the subject of Disraeli at the moment. I've read a biography recently and also purchased his novel "Sybil". On a side note, Nick Mat is correct as to the date of the film. The date is shown as MCMLXXXIII which is 1983. That should be corrected in the description. Otherwise, thank you for uploading this. You've made a lot of people happy.
@lemonwoodcourt3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! Great to see Greer Garson!
@sueferris36852 жыл бұрын
"I've never been serious; I've always been critical", (referring to his health). I think I would put Disraeli on my list of "Five Dead People You'd Like At Dinner". Imagination the conversation!
@beckweth2 жыл бұрын
My mother was a beautiful woman. She looked very much like Greer Garson. She's passed on and I miss her. Watching Greer is like seeing mom.
@AjrimmerMr11 ай бұрын
I rather suspect your dear old mum looked nothing like Greer Garson!
@user-mq1gr6cp7m10 ай бұрын
That is a mean thing to say.
@imochiexe50562 жыл бұрын
History made more palatable than usual. Thank you for sharing this "excessively honest" portrayal of Disraeli/s, Gladstone, Queen Victoria, Baron Rothschild and Mr. Corry. Semper vivent.
@njgrandma3519 Жыл бұрын
A great drama. Thank-you!
@EMnovative3 жыл бұрын
OMG YES!! I’ve seen this at UCLA several years ago! Hurd Hatfield was nominated an Emmy for Supporting Actor for this program!!
@debradorfman79403 жыл бұрын
I feel so lucky to have seen this T.V. movie. Thank you, YT. So many of my acting favorites are in the cast; Mr. Howard, Mr. Hatfield, Ms. Garson and Ms. Reid. I also must thank Mr. Lee for his splendid screenplay, and for illuminating the great wit and wisdom of Lord Beaconsfield. I feel so proud that he and I are members of the same race. His achievements were great. Both fathers of Benjamin Disraeli and Felix Mendelssohn had their children accepted into the Christian faith because of practical means to shield their children from the anti-Semitism that permeated society; assuming the ancient hatred would not prevent the professional successes to which the children would aspire. Unfortunately, that plan did not completely work. Original family roots would be used as ammunition. However, Benjamin, Felix and Fanny excelled.
@geraldinedaly65632 жыл бұрын
Trevor Howard never gave a bad performance whether it was Brief Encounter, Battle of Britain, or indeed Disraeli. His peers obviously thought he gave a good performance. He won an emmy for his portrayal.
@tarnopol8 ай бұрын
He was great in The Third Man, too--and Ryan's Daughter. Probably the best thing in Ryan's Daughter, except the mists and waves! :)
@nothing2seehere342 жыл бұрын
I just found this thanks to YT algorithm and I am so glad. Thanks for the upload.
@karltiedemann93293 жыл бұрын
Great to have this. For the curious, this was part of the periodic HALLMARK HALL OF FAME series. Trevor Howard won an acting Emmy for his role and another was given for the camera work. Show racked up a further four nominations: for Kate Reid and Hurd Hatfield and for writing and directing.
@kathyfrew7282 Жыл бұрын
WOW!! Thank you for sharing the vast amount of wonderful trivia!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@karltiedemann9329 Жыл бұрын
@@kathyfrew7282 You're most welcome.
@kennixox262 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering who did it. Hallmark specials were pretty big deal even into the early 1970's.
@JamesTilsley12 жыл бұрын
The Speaker doesn’t have a gavel, Robert Peel left office 4 years before dying and Queen Victoria grew to like Disraeli while he was Chancellor under Lord Derby.
@myfavs53932 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I had never heard of this
@kathyfrew7282 Жыл бұрын
Me either, but so far between the play and all the wonderful tidbits of trivia, this has been fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😃😄😁
@rodanthompson29313 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this last Friday evening! Thank you for posting this!
@rowley5553 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you for this...
@dhsub46743 жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you - Sarah Everett :)
@runandraisans60553 жыл бұрын
Fabulous thank you
@jimmclaughlin26033 жыл бұрын
At times, Disraeli fires off one-liners like a machine gun. I had to keep pausing it until I caught my breath after laughing so hard. And no one compared to Garson.
@kathyfrew7282 Жыл бұрын
Alas, no one EVER does!!!!!!!!!!
@rizmid3 жыл бұрын
I presume the following program is brought to you in "Living Color" on NBC! A fan and an admirer from Pakistan!
@michaelfine92112 жыл бұрын
With the exception of one very awkward and ahistorical scene where Disraeli "confesses" his manipulation of Victoria to her face, this was in many speeches, a quite faithful rendering. Although the author replaces Disraeli's disastrous maiden speech with a more cogent defense of Rothschild's right to take his seat in Parliament it certainly makes sense from the dramatic perspective. Additional liberties taken with the omission of his great triumph at the Congress of Berlin and "Peace with Honor" which brought him to the pinnacle of his fame, notwithstanding. Great performances from brilliant actors and actresses make this a jewel.
@angloaust15758 ай бұрын
Queen victoria wasnt afraid to rebuke her parliament when the occasion arose More vocal than other monarchs who followed her Gladstone especially for Not rescuing Gordon at Khartoum!
@schakj Жыл бұрын
I love this video. Keep it up. You 2 are amazing! I want to see the movie, but how did you watch it?? I couldn’t find it online😢
@markchambers38333 ай бұрын
From the get go, the timeline of this piece is all over the place, to the point of complete confusion. At the time of Peel's 1841 election victory, Queen Victoria was a vivacious young lady of 23, not a middle aged matron; Montagu Corry was 3 years old; Gladstone was a Conservative backbencher, not the leader of a party that didn't yet exist; and Disraeli, far from being the spokesman of the Conservative party, was a backbencher whom most of his own party distrusted, and who had only been in parliament for four years. The makers of this seem to have wanted to present the drama of the Corn Law crisis of the 1840s but crowbar into it the personal and political animosity of Disraeli and Gladstone in the 1860s and 70s. The result is a bewildering mess of a narrative. Still, nice to see Greer Garson as Mary Ann Disraeli.
@peteradaniel2 ай бұрын
Surrey this is 1973?! Colour tv in 60s uk was not particularly common.
@aeichler2 ай бұрын
Color TV was available in the U.S. and this is from a later video tape.
@nickmat3153 Жыл бұрын
Incorrect date: Should be 1983
@chicagogyrl48463 ай бұрын
A quick synopsis would be appreciated!
@2511dhall3 ай бұрын
Peel did not die in office as Prime Minister.
@midraw1 Жыл бұрын
gladstone was a back bench tory at the time Peel had just became prime minister. the liberal party did not yet exist.
@writeract22 жыл бұрын
trevor howard not the right choice for this role.
@writeract22 жыл бұрын
@@8634StJamesAve ok ok calm down - nobody's rushing into an arguemnt with you - love trevor howard, partic in Brief Encounter but for disraeli? No.
@MTknitter22 Жыл бұрын
@@writeract2 yes. He was entirely brilliant in Brief Encounter
@seltaeb969111 ай бұрын
It was visually poor, the sets looked borrowed from Crossroads & the wigs & make-up was like icing & Victoria's get up looked like hands me down. Trevor Howard was fine but he's a movie star actor & rarely do they transition from cinema screen to TV screen very well.