''Belphegor the Mountebank'' is a 1921 British
silent film
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directed by
Bert Wynne
Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920)
* '' The Manchester Man'' (1920)
* '' Little Me ...
and starring
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor
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,
Kathleen Vaughan
Kathleen Vaughan was a British actress.
Selected filmography
* ''The Old Country'' (1921)
* '' Single Life'' (1921)
* '' Handy Andy'' (1921)
* ''Corinthian Jack'' (1921)
* ''The Prince and the Beggarmaid'' (1921)
* '' Belphegor the Mountebank'' ( ...
and
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in ...
. It is based on the
play
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''Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy'' from the 1850s by Charles Webb. Webb's own
play
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was a
translation
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and adaptation of
Adolphe d'Ennery
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Life
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's and Marc Fournier's ''Paillasse''.
Plot
The
plot
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centres on the
character
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Belphegor, a
nobleman
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by birth whose life circumstances change and who is forced to take up the
life
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of a traveling
showman
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.
Cast
*
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern ...
as Belphegor
*Kathleen Vaughan as Pauline de Blangy
*
Warwick Ward
Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in ...
as Laverennes
*
Nancy Price
Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and ...
as Countess de Blangy
*Margaret Dean as Madeleine
*Peter Coleman as Fanfaronade
*
Leal Douglas
Leal Douglas (born Lilly Elizabeth Annie Lamb; 25 March 1881 – 3 February 1970) was a British-Australian actress, mainly of the silent film era.
Of Scottish and English parents, Douglas emigrated to Australia as a child and began her stag ...
as Catherine
*R.Heaton Grey as Comte de Blangy
*A.Harding Steerman as Duc de Sarola
References
External links
*
''Belphegor the Mountebank''at BFI Film & TV Database
at Silent Era
1921 films
1921 drama films
British black-and-white films
British silent feature films
Films directed by Bert Wynne
Ideal Film Company films
Silent British drama films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
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