Lloyd's of London

Original title: Lloyds of London

1936
Approved
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.2K

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Tyrone Power, Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, and Guy Standing in Lloyd's of London (1936)

Drama History Romance War

An honest broker saves the day.An honest broker saves the day.An honest broker saves the day.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
Don Ameche was originally intended for the role of Jonathan as an adult, but director Henry King was able to persuade the studio to use the unknown 22-year-old Tyrone Power in the role that would make him a star.

Goofs
When Angerstein explains to young Blake the importance of British commerce, he conjures up English ships sailing to "...Hong Kong, Cape Town, Bombay...," he does this in the year 1770. Hong Kong was not an important port for British trade until it became a British colony in 1842, more than seventy years later.

Crazy credits
We acknowledge with appreciation the assistance of the official historian of Lloyds of London in the preparation of the historical background for this production.

Connections
Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: Lloyds of London (1958)

Soundtracks
Rule Britannia
(1740) (uncredited)
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
Words by James Thomson
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Sung a cappella by underwriters at Lloyds when Nelson defeats the French

In retelling this piece of history, the writers left out one item. Between 1688 and 1807 one of the prime sources of Lloyd's of London's revenue was by insuring ships engaging in slave trading.* This enabled Britian to establish itself very rapidly as the chief slave trading center in the Atlantic.

British ships carried more than three and a quarter million humans into slavery. This shocking statistic casts a deep pall on Lloyd's of London. It may be have been an embarrassment to the writers to include this in their screenplay; still a fact of this magnitude can be considered a sad omission.

The rest of the film is well presented with beautiful acting and production values. Both Bartholomew and Power are excellent, as are Carroll and Sanders. _______________ *According to Wikipedia Enclycopedia "Lloyds in London...was a popular place for ship owners...especially those involved in the slave trade....Historian Eric Williams notes 'Lloyds insured slaves and slave ships...and quickly obtained a monopoly on maritime insurance related to the slave trade and maintained it up through the early 19th century.' "