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.
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).
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Plot
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.
Cast
Arthur Treacher as Jeeves
Patricia Ellis as Patricia Westley
Robert Kent as Gerry Townsend
Alan Dinehart as Hon. Cedric B. Cromwell
George Givot as Prince Boris Caminov
Helen Flint as Babe
John Harrington as Barney Ross
George Cooper as Slug
Arthur Housman as Max
Max Wagner as Joey
Franklin Pangborn as Gaston
Phyllis Barry as Mrs. Tremaine
George Cowl as Inspector