''Marianne'' is a 1929 American
silent romantic-drama film about a French farm girl who, despite already having a French fiancé, falls in love with an American soldier during World War I. It was made first as a silent film, then as a
musical with a different cast, but
Marion Davies starred in both versions.
Plot summary
Cast
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Marion Davies as Marianne
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Oscar Shaw
Oscar Shaw (born Oscar Schwartz, October 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – died March 6, 1967, in Little Neck, New York), was a stage and screen actor and singer, remembered primarily today for his role as Bob Adams in the first f ...
as Stagg
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Fred Solm
Fred Solm (22 January 1899 – 1982) was an Austrian actor, director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
* '' U 9 Weddigen'' (1927)
* '' Die Lindenwirtin am Rhein'' (1927)
* ''The Champion of the World'' (1927)
* ''The Famous Woman'' (1927)
* ' ...
as André (as Robert Castle)
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Robert Ames as Soapy
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Scott Kolk
Scott may refer to:
Places Canada
* Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec
* Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380
* Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saska ...
as Lieutenant Frane
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Émile Chautard
Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed more than 100 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in more than 60 films ...
as Père Joseph
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Mack Swain
Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain; February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett’s comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major fea ...
as General
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Oscar Apfel as Major
Production
In her 30th and final silent film,
Marion Davies starred for director
Robert Z. Leonard in this World War I story about a French girl who falls for an American soldier (
Oscar Shaw
Oscar Shaw (born Oscar Schwartz, October 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – died March 6, 1967, in Little Neck, New York), was a stage and screen actor and singer, remembered primarily today for his role as Bob Adams in the first f ...
). Davies was rushed into this project after production of the ill-fated ''
The Five O'Clock Girl'' shuttered. The film was remade as a sound film. This silent version survives but was long thought lost. When
Fred Lawrence Guiles
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...
wrote his biography of Davies in 1972, he stated the silent version was lost. The film offered Davies another chance to masquerade, this time as the aged army officer with a big mustache. By the time the decision was made to re-shoot the entire film as a soud film,
Oscar Shaw
Oscar Shaw (born Oscar Schwartz, October 11, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – died March 6, 1967, in Little Neck, New York), was a stage and screen actor and singer, remembered primarily today for his role as Bob Adams in the first f ...
was out and
Lawrence Gray
Lawrence Gray (July 28, 1898 – February 2, 1970) was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography
Born in San Francisco in 1898, Gray served during World War I in the U. S. Navy and gained a commission. After the war he began i ...
was signed as Davies' leading man.
[ Lorusso, Edward (2017) ''The Silent Films of Marion Davies'', CreateSpace, pp. 167-169.]
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1929 films
American romantic drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
American silent feature films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American World War I films
1929 romantic drama films
1920s American films
Silent romantic drama films
Silent American drama films
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