Belphegor the Mountebank is a 1921 British silent film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Milton Rosmer, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It is based on the play Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy from the 1850s by Charles Webb. Webb's own play was a translation and adaptation of Adolphe d'Ennery's and Marc Fournier's Paillasse.
| Belphegor the Mountebank | |
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| Directed by | Bert Wynne |
| Written by | Charles Webb (play) Adolphe d'Ennery (play) Marc Fournier (play) Eliot Stannard |
| Starring | Milton Rosmer Kathleen Vaughan Warwick Ward |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels/5500 feet |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Plot
editThe plot centres on the character Belphegor, a nobleman by birth whose life circumstances change and who is forced to take up the life of a traveling showman.[1]
Cast
edit- Milton Rosmer as Belphegor
- Kathleen Vaughan as Pauline de Blangy
- Warwick Ward as Laverennes
- Nancy Price as Countess de Blangy
- Margaret Dean as Madeleine
- Peter Coleman as Fanfaronade
- Leal Douglas as Catherine
- R.Heaton Grey as Comte de Blangy
- A.Harding Steerman as Duc de Sarola
References
editExternal links
edit- Belphegor the Mountebank at IMDb
- Belphegor the Mountebank at BFI Film & TV Database
- Belphegor the Mountebank at Silent Era
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