#Robert Donat

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Director King Vidor, Robert Donat, and Ralph Richardson during the filming of THE CITADEL (1938).

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every 1930s movie watched (37 - ∞)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) dir. Rowland V. Lee

It was not my sword but your past that disarmed you!

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Robert Donat, 1934. Photo portrait by Florence Vandamm.

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I just saw The 39 Steps for the first time this evening. Would you recommend Buchan's book? Or any other films featuring Robert Donat? He's reminding me of Ronald Colman at certain angles, which is entirely down to you, as the only Colman film I've seen thus far is Champagne for Caesar.

Ahh, delightful! (Also hi and happy new year, friend!)

Would I recommend Buchan's book? To you, yes; it is a fun romp. It is also full of ideas about Englishness™ and Modern Technology™ and Simple But Wholesome Scottish Peasants™. Also gender. So as an artifact of its time and fun espionage caper, absolutely yes.

2. Would I recommend other films featuring Robert Donat? yes

The Ghost Goes West (1935). Is this film good? Probably not!! Did I love it when I was a small child? Absolutely yes. A ghost who lives in his ancestral Scottish castle (tm) travels with it when it is bought by an American millionaire. Hijinks ensue.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). Is this film extremely sentimental? yes. Do I cry every time? Also yes. The book is my favorite, but I also love this adaptation. And Greer Garson, who is also in it.

Knight Without Armour (1937). Is this film good? Eh, possibly not. Is it dated? Extremely. Does it feature Robert Donat and Marlene Dietrich in a fraught situational romance? YES. Look, my sexuality is basically people with repressed feelings and good cheekbones, for which I blame 1930s films and novels.

...also I love knowing this about your Ronald Colman exposure via this blog, and am practically vibrating with zeal about recommending other Ronald Colman movies in addition to the delightful Champagne for Caesar, but that would be a digression.

P.S. I would also recommend the 2008 miniseries with Rupert Penry-Jones and Lydia Leonard, speaking of my thing for people with repressed feelings and good cheekbones.

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Robert Donat as Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps (1935).

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Knight Without Armour (1937)

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Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor.

In his book, The Age of the Dream Palace, Jeffrey Richards wrote that Donat was "British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s". "The image he projected was that of the romantic idealist, often with a dash of the gentleman adventurer."

Donat suffered from chronic asthma, which affected his career and limited him to appearing in only 20 films. (Source: Wikipedia)

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robert donat, deborah kerr, edith evans and isabel jeans in george bernard shaw's heartbreak house, 1943

📸 by cecil beaton

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Now watching:

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Remembering Robert Donat on his birthday #botd

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Marlene Dietrich having tea in her London hotel with Robert Donat in 1936. Dietrich was in Britain during arrangements for the production of the film Knight Without Armour (1937) in which she and Donat starred.

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Featuring the five lowest-ranking Roberts from the first poll + some that weren't included first time around

Once again I'm defining 'Old Hollywood' as 'made his film debut before 1960'

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Robert Donat-Greer Garson "Adiós, Mr. Chips" (Goodbye Mr. Chips) 1939, de Sam Wood.

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Greer Garson, Leslie Howard, Vivien Leigh, Robert Donat, and Basil Rathbone, 1938