Joe Pixler. Well written and hugely amusing (just try to ignore the politically incorrect references of the age). This is right up there among the best with an engaging story from start to finish. In high dudgeon, Bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum Chuffy - only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancee Pauline Stoker, her … Taves claimed the film "so utterly fails in its essential purpose that it is easy to watch the whole picture without so much as cracking a smile." Thank You, Jeeves was published by Herbert Jenkins in the UK on 16 April 1934 and as Thank You, Jeeves! I am slowly wading my way through the J&W books and thoroughly enjoying every one. Addeddate 2017-01-25 10:19:26 Identifier in.ernet.dli.2015.301468 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2s523q4j Ocr language not currently OCRable Ppi 600 Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.2.0.dev4. Are you an author? Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Categories: Contemporary Fiction; Classic Books & Novels; About P.G. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 March 2019. He wrote, "there was scarcely a mistake that was not made in its 56 minutes", adding the humor was forced, and the direction lackluster and unimaginative. Who better to help him win her over but Jeeves, the perfect gentleman’s gentleman. Save US$0.32. Save US$0.47. A Jeeves and Wooster novel Thank You, Jeeves is the first novel to feature the incomparable valet Jeeves and his hapless charge Bertie Wooster - and you've hardly started to turn the pages when he resigns over Bertie's dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo. is a 1936 comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and written by Stephen Gross and Joseph Hoffman. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. And then some’ Joseph Connolly, Thank You, Jeeves is the first novel to feature the incomparable valet Jeeves and his hapless charge Bertie Wooster – and you’ve hardly started to turn the pages when he resigns over Bertie’s dedicated but somewhat untuneful playing of the banjo. Although it received critical plaudits, it was a B-movie, so it was not widely distributed, being played only as a second feature in selected American cities. In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’. Read 3 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Thank You, Jeeves! [6], The film was re-edited for television in 1955, and broadcast in the series TV Hour of the Stars, under the title Thank You, Mr Jeeves. Arthur Treacher Virginia Field David Niven Lester Matthews Colin Tapley John Graham Spacey Ernie Stanton Gene Reynolds Douglas Walton Willie Best. The film stars Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven, Lester Matthews, Colin Tapley and John Graham Spacey. Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. By P. G. Wodehouse Adapted by Mark Richard Read by a full cast. See search results for this author. The film was released on October 4, 1936, by 20th Century Fox. In the case of the first Jeeves novel, Thank You Jeeves [3], it’s all about whether his buddy Chuffy can successfully propose to an American girl without getting a reputation for being awfully forward. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, RHUK; paperback / softback edition (3 June 2008). Movie & TV guides. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations (2006), gave a scathing critique of Thank You, Jeeves! See all formats and editions Hide other … 1936 Directed by Arthur Greville Collins. Wodehouse achieves this primarily through farce. The Jeeves and Wooster Series: Book 1934 . In high dudgeon, Bertie disappears to the country as a guest of his chum Chuffy - only to find his peace shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancée Pauline … is a 1936 comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins, written by Stephen Gross and Joseph Hoffman, and starring Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven, Lester Matthews, Colin Tapley and John Graham Spacey.