The Great Mr Handel (1942)

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

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 (34)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Wilfrid Lawson

George Frideric Handel

Elizabeth Allan

Mrs. Cibber

Malcolm Keen

Lord Chesterfield

Michael Shepley

Sir Charles Marsham

M

Max Kirby

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Hay Petrie

Phineas

Morris Harvey

John Heidegger

A.E. Matthews

Charles Jennens

F

Frederick Cooper

Pooley

A

Andrew Leigh

Captain Coram

Robert Atkins

H

H.F. Maltby

Ivan Samson

Charles Groves

A

Alfred Sangster

D

D.J. Williams

Leader of performance wreckers

M

Michael Hunt

The Kytch Boys

A

Alan Wren

The Kytch Boys

A

Amy Dalby

T

Trefor Jones

Singer

A

Alfred Harris

Dorothy Vernon

C

Charles Doe

Frank Atkinson

Permobble

L

Leonard Sharp

J

Judith Nelmes

J

Jean Stanley

V

Victor MacLure

H

Hyma Beckley

Man Buying Oranges

M

Maureen Chamberlain

Child

T

Toni Gable

Lady

Kenneth Griffith

Martita Hunt

Chorister

G

Gladys Ripley

Mrs. Cibber (singing voice)

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