“The Iron Duke,” a Gaumont British production starring George Arliss, is scheduled to have its American premiere at the Radio City Music Hall Thursday. The story is based on the public and private life of Wellington before and after he met Napoleon at Waterloo. George Arliss portrays the role of the Duke, with Gladys Cooper and Lesley Waring as the two royal ladies who figured dramatically in the Duke’s court scandal.
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