A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford 1938 is a British film directed by Jack Conway from a screenplay by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. It was produced by MetroGoldwynMayer British Studios at Denham Studios and stars Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen OSullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn.

A cocky American athlete named Lee Sheridan Robert Taylor receives a scholarship to attend Cardinal College, Oxford University in 1937. At first, Lee is reluctant to go to the college owing to his father Dans Lionel Barrymore limited income, but he finally does attend. Once in England, Lee brags about his athletic triumphs to Paul Beaumont Griffith Jones, Wavertree Robert Coote, and Ramsey Peter Croft on the train to Oxford. Annoyed, they trick Lee into getting off the train at the wrong stop. Lee, however, does make his way to Oxford where the students attempt to trick him again, this time into thinking that he is getting a grand reception. Seeing through the deception, he follows the prankster impersonating the Dean and after chasing him is thrown off and ends up kicking the real Dean of Cardinal Edmund Gwenn before retreating. This begins a contentious relationship between them when Lee reports to apologize.Lee considers leaving Oxford but stays on after being convinced by Scatters Edward Rigby, his personal servant. Lee meets Elsa Craddock Vivien Leigh, a married woman who helps the new campus students, and starts a relationship with Paul Beaumonts sister Molly Maureen OSullivanx. Lee makes the track team by outpacing other runners while wearing a cap and gown. Just when he begins to fit in, he is hazed for refusing to rest during a crucial relay race at a track meet and pushing his replacement Paul out of the way in his zeal to win. In a fit of anger, Lee goes to a pub, which students are forbidden to frequent, to confront Paul, finding him in a private booth with Elsa. He starts a fight with Paul but Wavertree warns them of the Bullers coming. Lee and Paul run and when they are almost caught by one of the Bullers, Lee punches him. Paul is called before the Dean, fined and warned for hitting the Buller. He is scorned for saying it was Lee who punched him and Lee is soon the favorite of Pauls old friends. Molly begins to see him again, but Lee still feels poor

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