Scottish Poet Robert Burns tries to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.Scottish Poet Robert Burns tries to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.Scottish Poet Robert Burns tries to stop the woman he loves from marrying another man.
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May Beatty
- Lady Argyle
- (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
- Coachman
- (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
- Hugo Ross
- (uncredited)
Gordon Hart
- Donald Armour - Jean's Father
- (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
- Tavern Customer
- (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
- Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
Frank Sully
- Jock Wilson
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- Forrest Barnes
- Charles L. Tedford(uncredited)
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- TriviaIt was while doing historical research for Captain Blood (1935) that producer Gordon Hollingshead got the idea to produce a series of historical shorts for Warner Bros. In addition to this one, he produced many others over the next several years, many in Technicolor.
- Crazy credits[Prologue] Is there a man or woman who has not sung the words of 'Auld Lang Syne'? Let us walk the heather with the poet who penned this immortal ballad Robert Burns of Scotland.
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Well, at least it looks pretty.
This is a strange short film from Warner Brothers. It's strange because it's obviously a quality production--filmed with nice sets and beautiful Technicolor (which was still quite rare in 1937). But, on the other hand, the writing is really dreadful. It's supposed to be a biography of the career of Robert Burns but comes off as VERY fake and silly. Too often people will stop to comment that young Burns will one day be a great poet of the ages. No one talks like that...ever. And too often people seem to give expositions about Burns or what the film hasn't covered--it all comes off as very fake and silly. My assumption is that the short was written by penguins...and really untalented ones at that! Rarely will you hear dialog so limp and unconvincing--so bad that you cannot be taken in by the polish of the rest of the film. Pretty dumb.
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- planktonrules
- Oct 28, 2011
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- Broadway Brevities (1936-1937 season): The Romance of Robert Burns
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- Runtime16 minutes
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