Mr. North

In 1920s Newport, Rhode Island, Theophilus North (Anthony Edwards) is an engaging, multi-talented middle-class Yale University graduate who spends the summer catering to the wealthy families of the city. He becomes the confidant of James McHenry Bosworth and a tutor and tennis coach to the families' children, befriending many from the city's servant class, including Henry Simmons (Harry Dean Stanton) and Amelia Cranston (Lauren Bacall). Despite being accused of quackery due to the static electricity shocks he generates, Mr. North must defend himself with the help of his friends, before accepting a position of leadership at an educational and philosophical academy and beginning a romance with Bosworth's granddaughter Persis Bosworth-Tennyson (Anjelica Huston).