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Adaptations

Hollywood took to the Pimpernel early and often, though most of the Pimpernel movies have been based on a melange of the original book and another Orczy novel, Eldorado.

• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1917)
• The Laughing Cavalier (1917)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
• The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
• Pimpernel Smith (1941)
• Pimpernel Svensson (1950)
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) aka The Fighting Pimpernel — USA
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955-1956 British television series)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1960) (TV)
• Don't Lose Your Head (1966) aka Carry on Pimpernel — USA
• The Elusive Pimpernel (1969)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1987) (TV)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997), a 1997 Broadway musical composed by Frank Wildhorn and written by Nan Knighton. The production starred Douglas Sills as Sir Percy Blakeney, Christine Andreas as Marguerite Blakeney, and Terrence Mann as Citizen Chauvelin.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel, two TV series of three episodes each (1999, 2000): "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Valentin Gautier" [UK title]/"The Scarlet Pimpernel Meets Madame Guillotine" [US title], "The King's Ransom" [UK title]/"The Scarlet Pimpernel and the Kidnapped King" [US title], "Ennui", "Friends and Enemies", "A Good Name"). The BBC production, with Richard E. Grant in the title role and Martin Shaw as Chauvelin, took many liberties with the characters and plot, and was not well received by fans of the books.
• The Forecourt Pimpernel (2001) (TV)
• The Black Pimpernel (2006)