''The Beloved Vagabond'' is a 1923

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romantic

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directed by

Fred LeRoy Granville Fred LeRoy Granville was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, in 1896,1917 Motion Picture News Studio Directory and educated in New Zealand. The 1 February 1922, issue of ''American Cinematographer'' stated that he was "a bloody Britisher ...

and starring

Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell (January 20, 1884 – June 17, 1955) was an American silent film actor, director and producer. Early years Blackwell was born in Troy, Pennsylvania. He studied at Cornell University before J. Stewart Blackton discovered him an ...

Madge Stuart Madge Stuart (5 August 1895, in Holmesfield, Derbyshire – 10 October 1958, in Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a British actress of the silent era. She married Dion Titheradge in 1928. Selected filmography * '' Nature's Gentleman'' (1918) * '' The ...

Jessie Matthews Jessie Margaret Matthews (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period. After a string of hit stage musicals and films in the mid-1930s, Ma ...

and Phyllis Titmuss. The film is based on the 1906 novel '' The Beloved Vagabond'' by

William John Locke William John Locke (20 March 1863 – 15 May 1930) was a British novelist, dramatist and playwright, best known for his short stories. Biography He was born in Cunningsbury St George, Christ Church, Demerara, British Guiana on 20 March 1863, ...

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, in order to save the father of Joanna Rushworth, the young woman that he loves, from financial ruin, the wealthy Gaston de Nerac signs a paper giving her up to Comte de Verneuil, whom she then weds. Living as a tramp musician, he wanders through Brittany with Asticot and Blanquette, boy and girl, the latter an orphan. Later, the Comte dies. Joanna and her former lover meet again. Realizing that they are no longer suited to each other, he marries Blanquette.

Cast

References

External links

''The Beloved Vagabond'' (1923) at IMDB
1923 films Films directed by Fred LeRoy Granville 1923 romantic drama films British silent feature films British black-and-white films Films based on British novels British remakes of American films British romantic drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent romantic drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub