The Great Mr Handel

Norman Walker
1942-11-09

The Life - Tragedy and Triumphs and the Glorious Music of the Illustrious Brought to the Screen
6.5
89 min

This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah.

Cast

Name Character Team
Wilfrid Lawson George Frideric Handel Unowned
Elizabeth Allan Mrs. Cibber Unowned
Malcolm Keen Lord Chesterfield Unowned
Michael Shepley Sir Charles Marsham Unowned
Max Kirby Frederick, Prince of Wales Unowned
Hay Petrie Phineas Unowned
Morris Harvey John Heidegger Unowned
A.E. Matthews Charles Jennens Unowned
Frederick Cooper Pooley Unowned
Andrew Leigh Captain Coram Unowned
Robert Atkins Unowned
H.F. Maltby Unowned
Ivan Samson Unowned
Charles Groves Unowned
Alfred Sangster Unowned
D.J. Williams Leader of performance wreckers Unowned
Michael Hunt The Kytch Boys Unowned
Alan Wren The Kytch Boys Unowned
Amy Dalby Unowned
Trefor Jones Singer Unowned
Alfred Harris Unowned
Dorothy Vernon Unowned
Charles Doe Unowned
Frank Atkinson Permobble Unowned
Leonard Sharp Unowned
Judith Nelmes Unowned
Jean Stanley Unowned
Victor MacLure Unowned
Hyma Beckley Man Buying Oranges Unowned
Maureen Chamberlain Child Unowned
Toni Gable Lady Unowned
Kenneth Griffith Unowned
Martita Hunt Chorister Unowned
Gladys Ripley Mrs. Cibber (singing voice) Unowned