Under the Red Robe (1923 film)

Under the Red Robe
1923 lobby poster showing Robert B. Mantell and John Charles Thomas
Directed by	Alan Crosland
Written by	Bayard Veiller (scenario)
Based on	Under the Red Robe (1894 novel) by Stanley J. Weyman
Starring	Robert B. Mantell
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton Harold Wenstrom
Music by	William Frederick Peters
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	November 12, 1923 (1923-11-12) (US)
Running time	10 reels (2,762 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Under the Red Robe is a 1923 American silent historical drama film directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.^[1]^[2]

Under the Red Robe film still

The novel was refilmed in the sound era in 1937 as Under the Red Robe directed by Victor Seastrom.

Plot

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Cast

Robert B. Mantell as Cardinal Richelieu
Alma Rubens as Renee de Cocheforet
Otto Kruger as Henri de Cocheforet
John Charles Thomas as Gil De Berault
William Powell as Duke of Orleans
Ian Maclaren as King Louis XIII
Genevieve Hamper as Duchess de Chevreuse
Mary MacLaren as Anne of Austria
Rose Coghlan as Marie de' Medici
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Clom
Sidney Herbert as Father Joseph
Arthur Housman as Captain La Rolle
Paul Panzer as French Army Lieutenant
Charles Judels as Antoine
George Nash as Jules
Evelyn Gosnell as Madame de Cocheforet

Preservation

The film survives complete at the George Eastman House. A Samuel Goldwyn release, it was donated by MGM.^[3]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Under the Red Robe.

Under the Red Robe (1923) at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Under the Red Robe (1923) at IMDb
Under the Red Robe (1923) at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Alan Crosland

Kidnapped (1917)
The Light in Darkness (1917)
The Little Chevalier (1917)
The Apple Tree Girl (1917)
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917)
The Whirlpool (1918)
The Unbeliever (1918)
The Country Cousin (1919)
The Flapper (1920)
The Point of View (1920)
Broadway and Home (1920)
Youthful Folly (1920)
Everybody's Sweetheart (1920)
Room and Board (1921)
Worlds Apart (1921)
Is Life Worth Living? (1921)
Shadows of the Sea (1922)
The Snitching Hour (1922)
Slim Shoulders (1922)
Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922)
The Face in the Fog (1922)
The Prophet's Paradise (1922)
Enemies of Women (1923)
Under the Red Robe (1923)
Three Weeks (1924)
Miami (1924)
Unguarded Women (1924)
Sinners in Heaven (1924)
Contraband (1925)
Bobbed Hair (1925)
Compromise (1925)
Don Juan (1926)
When a Man Loves (1927)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Old San Francisco (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Glorious Betsy (1928)
The Scarlet Lady (1928)
On with the Show! (1929)
General Crack (1929)
The Furies (1930)
Song of the flame (1930)
Viennese Nights (1930)
Captain Thunder (1930)
Big Boy (1930)
Children of Dreams (1931)
The Silver Lining (1932)
Week Ends Only (1932)
Massacre (1934)
The Personality Kid (1934)
Midnight Alibi (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
It Happened in New York (1935)
Mister Dynamite (1935)
Lady Tubbs (1935)
King Solomon of Broadway (1935)
The Great Impersonation (1935)
The White Cockatoo (1935)
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

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