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Monsieur Beaucaire

1924106 minUnited States
DramaRomance

Synopsis

Escaping an unwanted royal marriage, the Duke of Chartres goes to England disguised as a barber. His new freedom leads him into card-table intrigue and a romance complicated by questions of rank. When a woman who admired him as a nobleman rejects him as a tradesman, the disguise exposes the conditions attached to her affection.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
105:14
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

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Cast

DirectorsSidney Olcott

Inspirations

Booth Tarkington's story reached the screen through its novel and stage versions. Sidney Olcott filmed Rudolph Valentino's costume romance at the Astoria studios, creating a French courtly world in New York.

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