Monsieur Beaucaire
About Monsieur Beaucaire
The Duke of Chartres loves Princess Henriette. She will not have him. Louis XV orders the marriage, and he leaves for England as Monsieur Beaucaire, barber to the French ambassador. He catches the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards and makes him present him to Lady Mary as a nobleman. She drops him when she is told he is only a barber. When she learns the truth she tries to get him back. He returns to France and to Henriette, who now wants him. Rudolph Valentino plays the duke. Bebe Daniels plays Henriette.
Cast & crew
More about Monsieur Beaucaire
Sidney Olcott produced and directed. Forrest Halsey wrote the script from Booth Tarkington's 1900 novel and the 1904 play by Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Harry Fischbeck photographed. Hugo Riesenfeld composed. Patricia Rooney edited. Paramount released it on August 11, 1924. The listed length is 106 minutes. U.S. and Canadian rentals are given as $3,500,000. Doris Kenyon plays Lady Mary. Lowell Sherman plays Louis XV. Lois Wilson plays Queen Marie.
Themes
Look
Harry Fischbeck shot the French court and the English rooms.
Music
Hugo Riesenfeld composed the score.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The barber name is the disguise. He is the Duke of Chartres.
- Lady Mary is the English attachment. Henriette is the one he goes back to.
- Nat Pendleton plays a barber. Flora Finch plays a duchess.
- The $3,500,000 figure is rentals, not a ticket gross.
Scenes
- He catches Winterset cheating and buys an introduction.
- He leaves Lady Mary and goes back to Henriette.
Influenced by
- Booth Tarkington's novel Monsieur Beaucaire (1900)
- The 1904 play by Tarkington and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland
