Story of movie Bright Young Things : The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used drugs — all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Tom Driberg. They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford (Highland Fling), Anthony Powell (A Dance to the Music of Time), Henry Green (Party Going) and the poet John Betjeman. Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies, adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene. Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member.
The most prominent members of the group included:
- Harold Acton
- Patrick Balfour
- Cecil Beaton
- John Betjeman
- Edward Burra
- Robert Byron
- Sheila Chisholm
- Daphne Fielding
- Edward Gathorne-Hardy
- Bryan Guinness
- Gavin Henderson
- Brian Howard
- Arthur Jeffress
- Teresa Jungman
- Zita Jungman
- Barbara Ker-Seymer
- Oliver Messel
- Diana Mitford
- Nancy Mitford
- Beverley Nichols
- Brenda Dean Paul
- Babe Plunket-Greene
- David Plunket Greene
- Olivia Plunket Greene
- Richard Plunket Greene
- Terence Greenidge
- Elizabeth Ponsonby
- Loelia Ponsonby
- Anthony Powell
- Elizabeth Russell
- Edith Sitwell
- Osbert Sitwell
- Sacheverell Sitwell
- Stephen Tennant
- Henry Thynne
- William Walton
- Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Evelyn Waugh
- Rex Whistler
- Sunday Wilshin
- Olivia Wyndham
- Henry Yorke
The following is a list of the Bright Young Things themselves, their friends, acquaintances and associates of the period, many of whom were the basis for characters in the novels written by members of the group such as Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford, as indicated in the table below.
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