Captain of the Guard is a 1930 American musical film directed by John S. Robertson and Pál Fejös and starring Laura La Plante, John Boles and Sam De Grasse.[1][2] It is set during the French Revolution, but was sufficiently unhistorical that an apology was included in the opening credit for any factual inaccuracies.[3]
Plot
Cast
- Laura La Plante as Marie Marnay
- John Boles as Rouget de Lisle
- Sam De Grasse as Bazin
- James A. Marcus as Marnay
- Lionel Belmore as Colonel of Hussars
- Stuart Holmes as Louis XVI
- Evelyn Hall as Marie Antoinette
- Claude Fleming as Magistrate
- Murdock MacQuarrie as Pierre
- Richard Cramer as Danton
- Harry Burkhardt as Materown
- George Hackathorne as Robespierre
- DeWitt Jennings as priest
- Harry Cording as Le Bruin
- Otis Harlan as Jacques
- Ervin Renard as Lieutenant
- Walter Brennan as peasant (uncredited)
- Sidney D'Albrook as flirtatious officer (uncredited)
- Louise Emmons as Peasant (uncredited)
- Stanley Fields as Hangman (uncredited)
- Francis Ford as Hussars Officer (uncredited)
- Charles Thurston as Minor Role (uncredited)
Production
Initial director Pál Fejös escaped serious injury during filming in October 1929 after falling 88 feet from scaffolding while directing a mob scene, and was later replaced by John S. Robertson.[3] Robertson received full directing credit for the film.
References
- ^ "Captain of the Guard". Sydney Mail. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 967. New South Wales, Australia. October 8, 1930. p. 29. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Holiday Fare". The Sun. No. 1436. New South Wales, Australia. October 5, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via National Library of Australia. ,..."La Marseillaise" is the theme of "The Captain of the Guard," a film in which John Boles takes the part of the composer, Rouget de Lisle...
- ^ a b Bradley, Edwin M. (2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 185. ISBN 0-7864-2029-4.
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