
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) Bonjour, monsieur.ĬARTER: (As Charles Carson, speaking French.) And a charmer of a matinee idol who is acted off the screen by his mustache, both suddenly silent film fish out of water in a world of words, not unlike the British fish floundering around on the French Riviera. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) I do hope that was a draw.

MONDELLO: Don't we all? Now, dreams were changing in 1928, as was Hollywood, with the advent of the talkies, which lets creator Julian Fellowes have some "Singin in the Rain"-style fun in the family manse with a tempestuous blond artiste. Molesley) Hollywood is the ultimate dream factory, and I need dreams as much as the next man. So Lady Mary packs Papa off to the south of France with some hangers-on while she rides herd over the film crew with the rest of her thoroughly starstruck household staff, none giddier than footman Mr. MONDELLO: Yes, well, the roof still needs fixing, and filmmakers pay. Barber is a producer and director.ĭOCKERY: (As Lady Mary) He wants to make a film at Downton.īONNEVILLE: (As Robert Grantham) I think it's a horrible idea - actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered. HUGH BONNEVILLE: (As Robert Grantham) Mr. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) A telephone call for you, my lord. And let it be said that while the film is subtitled "A New Era," nothing's changed very much at Downton Abbey, except the roof is leaking. If you followed "Downton" through six seasons on TV, Violet's revelation will be catnip. MICHELLE DOCKERY: (As Lady Mary Crawley) What? And now I've come into the possession of a villa in the south of France. MAGGIE SMITH: (As Violet Crawley) Years ago, before you were born, I met a man.


Former chauffeur Tom Branson, having foiled an assassination plot, is dancing with a maid that he doesn't know is - oh, wait, who cares? Here's the dowager countess. Where were we? The king and queen have departed Downton. And critic Bob Mondello says they get to embark on a field trip in "Downton Abbey: A New Era."īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Let's see. JIM CARTER: (As Charles Carson) They better be warned - the British are coming.įENG: The Crawleys are back on the big screen - Carson the butler, the Earl of Grantham, Lady Mary, the whole gang. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA")
