Monsieur Beaucaire
(1924) American
B&W : Ten reels / 9932 feet
Directed by Sidney Olcott

Cast: Rudolph Valentino [Duke de Chartres / Monsieur Beaucaire], Bebe Daniels [Princess Henriette], Lois Wilson [Queen Marie of France], Doris Kenyon [Lady Mary], Lowell Sherman [King Louis XV of France], Paulette Duval [Madame Pompadour], John Davidson [Richelieu], Oswald Yorke [Miropoix], Flora Finch [Duchesse de Montmorency], Louis Waller [François], Ian MacLaren [Duke of Winterset], Frank Shannon [Badger], Templar Powell [Molyneux], H. Cooper Cliffe [Beau Nash], Downing Clarke [Lord Chesterfield], Yvonne Hughes [Duchesse de Flauhault], Harry Lee [Voltaire], Florence O’Denishawn [Colombine], André Daven

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Sidney Olcott. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, from the play adaptation Monsieur Beaucaire by Booth Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland of the novel Monsieur Beaucaire by Booth Tarkington. Production design by Natacha Rambova. Costume design by Natacha Rambova and George Barbier. Cinematography by Harry Fischbeck. Edited by Patricia Rooney. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 29 July 1924 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP20433]. Released 18 August 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot at Paramount’s Astoria studios on Long Island, New York.

Drama: Romance: Historical.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Authors: Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) - France - Persons: Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774) - Royalty: Kings, Princesses, Queens

Listing updated: 15 June 2009.

References: Carroll-Matinee p. 129; Drew-Speaking pp. 261, 262, 289; Everson-American p. 182i; FilmDaily-1926 p. 14; Kerr-Silent pp. 31, 46; Limbacher-Feature p. 164; Maeder-Hollywood pp. 16, 33, 34, 52, 72, 208; Quirk-Colman p. 63; Sweeney-Coming p. 67; Vermilye-Twenties p. 98 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.