Movie
The Great Mr Handel
Released: November 9, 1942 (1942)
Runtime: 89 minutes
Genres: Music, Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- A.E. Matthews as Charles Jennens
Age at release: 72
- Morris Harvey as John Heidegger
Age at release: 65
- Malcolm Keen as Lord Chesterfield
Age at release: 55
- Hay Petrie as Phineas
Age at release: 47
- Wilfrid Lawson as George Frideric Handel
Age at release: 42
- Max Kirby as Frederick, Prince of Wales
Age at release: 39
- Michael Shepley as Sir Charles Marsham
Age at release: 35
- Elizabeth Allan as Mrs. Cibber
Age at release: 32
- Frederick Cooper as Pooley
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- Andrew Leigh as Captain Coram
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- D.J. Williams as Leader of performance wreckers
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- Frank Atkinson as Permobble
Age at release: 49
- Hyma Beckley as Man Buying Oranges
Age at release: 31
- Toni Gable as Lady
Age at release: 20
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- Michael Hunt as The Kytch Boys
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- Alan Wren as The Kytch Boys
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- Trefor Jones as Singer
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- Maureen Chamberlain as Child
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