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Belphegor the Mountebank

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Belphegor the Mountebank
Directed byBert Wynne
Written byCharles Webb (play)
Adolphe d'Ennery (play)
Marc Fournier (play)
Eliot Stannard
StarringMilton Rosmer
Kathleen Vaughan
Warwick Ward
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
  • 1921 (1921)
Running time
6 reels/5500 feet
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Belphegor the Mountebank is a 1921 British silent film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Milton Rosmer, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It is based on the play Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy from the 1850s by Charles Webb. Webb's own play was a translation and adaptation of Adolphe d'Ennery's and Marc Fournier's Paillasse.

Plot

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The plot centres on the character Belphegor, a nobleman by birth whose life circumstances change and who is forced to take up the life of a traveling showman.[1]

Cast

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  • Milton Rosmer as Belphegor
  • Kathleen Vaughan as Pauline de Blangy
  • Warwick Ward as Laverennes
  • Nancy Price as Countess de Blangy
  • Margaret Dean as Madeleine
  • Peter Coleman as Fanfaronade
  • Leal Douglas as Catherine
  • R.Heaton Grey as Comte de Blangy
  • A.Harding Steerman as Duc de Sarola

References

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  1. ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
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