Today on April 10th we remember the 158th Anniversary of the Birth of George Arliss. In 1868, April 10 fell on Good Friday and George was born into an historic publishing firm found by his grandfather John Arliss in the 1820s. Mr. A noted in his memoirs that the neighborhood where his family lived and worked was called Bloomsbury and he thought it was one of the nicest places in all of London.
For this year’s remembrance we decided perform some some hi-tech “magic” with AI aka Artificial Intelligence. We cast Mr. A in his most famous role as Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of England during the 1870s. “Dizzy’s” most famous achievement occurred when he purchased, on behalf of his country of course, the controlling shares in the Suez Canal Company.
However, Mr. Disraeli expressed his views on numerous issues that were important not only back then, but even today. One “evergreen” subject – or problem – is the ever-rising cost of running the Government, whether of Great Britain or of the United States. We have edited his speech down to highlight the main points but the words are verbatim.
In this speech that Disraeli delivered on April 3, 1872 in Manchester, he compared the cost of Government operations in England to the United States. Even today, it is rare to hear a Prime Minister criticize internal operations of the U.S. Government. That said, we are pleased to present George Arliss in a “new” performance as Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli discussing the comparative costs of Government between England and the United States.
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Hello,
I tried to comment on the original post, but it was from 2011 and I was restricted. This is in reagard’s to King’s Vacation.
I’m curious about the origins of the page of the outline. Do you have the full outline in your possession and what is its provenance?
Thanks!
I’m not sure what outline you are referring to. I tried to access your WordPress site but it was marked private.
The page outline for King’s Vacation on your site.
https://arlissarchives.com/category/the-talkies/the-kings-vacation/
Ok, I understand now. The mimeographed page I posted is not from the Ernest Paschal outline. The page is from the film script. The University of Wisconsin at Madison houses the Warner Bros script collection that includes the Arliss scripts except for DISRAELI, THE GREEN GODDESS, and OLD ENGLISH. They are online these days but I don’t know what they have available for reading online. Hope this helps.
Ok, I understand now. The mimeographed page I posted is not from the Ernest Paschal outline. The page is from the film script. The University of Wisconsin at Madison houses the Warner Bros script collection that includes the Arliss scripts except for DISRAELI, THE GREEN GODDESS, and OLD ENGLISH. They are online these days but I don’t know what they have available for reading online. Hope this helps.
Hello!
Yes this is very helpful! Thank you for alerting me. I had someone interested in reviewing the script for King’s Vacation, but it was not in the WBA from the studio. I will alert them to Wisconsin. I knew they had pressbooks there, but didn’t realize they also had WB scripts. Thank you!
Hello,
Don’t overlook the Internet Archives. I found a number of pressbooks there including the Arliss films. But searching for them can be tricky. I’ll look at some of my old files where I jotted down the links and let you know what I find.