| Step Lively, Jeeves! | |
| Director: | Eugene Forde |
| Producer: | John Stone |
| Screenplay: | Frank Fenton Lynn Root |
| Story: | Frances Hyland |
| Starring: | Arthur Treacher Patricia Ellis Robert Kent Alan Dinehart George Givot Helen Flint |
| Music: | Samuel Kaylin |
| Cinematography: | Daniel B. Clark |
| Editing: | Fred Allen |
| Distributor: | 20th Century-Fox |
| Runtime: | 69 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Step Lively, Jeeves! is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher as P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves alongside Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by 20th Century-Fox.[1] [2] [3]
The character of Jeeves' master, Bertie Wooster, does not appear. The film is not based on any Jeeves story, and portrays Jeeves as a naive bumbler (which is not how he is portrayed by Wodehouse in the novels and short stories about him).[4]
Two swindlers con Jeeves (portrayed by Arthur Treacher), claiming that he's the descendant of Sir Francis Drake, and has a fortune waiting for him in America. Arriving in New York, Jeeves gets mixed up with gangsters.