Madame Sans-Gêne (1925 film)
Madame Sans-Gêne | |
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J. Peverell Marley George Webber | |
Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Madame Sans-Gêne (Madame Careless) is a 1925 American
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[5] at the time after the French Revolution, a sharp witted laundress fights for her country and wins favor with a Duke. After her marriage to him, she is accepted in the court of Napoleon. Because her manners are not fashionable, she is called before Napoleon. She triumphs over the court with her wits and returns to her husband, whom she loves.
Cast
- Gloria Swanson as Catherine Hubscher
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Charles De Roche as Le Febvre
- Madeleine Guitty as La Rousette
- Warwick Ward as Neipperg
- Henry Favieres as Fouche
- Renée Héribe as Princess Eliza
- Suzanne Bianchetti as L'imperatrice
- Denise Lorys as Madame de Bulow
- Arlette Marchal as La reine de Naples
- Jacques Marney as Savary
Production
The film was produced and filmed in France, as Swanson was on extended vacation there. She soon became involved with
Preservation
With no prints of Madame Sans-Gêne located in any film archives,[7] it is a lost film.[8] A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists, however, and can be seen on YouTube.[9]
See also
- List of lost films
- List of Paramount Pictures films
References
- ISBN 0-810-82841-3.
- ISBN 1-466-83046-8.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Madame Sans-Gêne at silentera.com
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/481672268/?clipping_id=121160284&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ4MTY3MjI2OCwiaWF0IjoxNzA3NDA3MTk4LCJleHAiOjE3MDc0OTM1OTh9.8FuZWSS98AaecgSXAU0i4X0bnKtASHr77md5Azbw6pQ
- ^ "New Pictures: Madame Sans-Gêne", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (8): 83, May 16, 1925, retrieved February 21, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Waldman 1994, pp. 110-111.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Madame Sans-Gêne
- ^ Madame Sans-Gêne at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine)
- ^ "Madame Sans Gene [trailer]". youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.