Madame Pompadour (film)
| Madame Pompadour | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Produced by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Written by |
Ewald André Dupont Frances Marion Rudolph Schanzer (operetta) Ernst Welisch (operetta) |
| Starring |
Dorothy Gish Antonio Moreno Henri Bosc Nelson Keys |
| Music by | Leo Fall |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | 1 August 1927 (US) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Madame Pompadour is a 1927 British silent historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno and Nelson Keys. [1] The film depicts the life of Madame Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV of France. It was the first film to be shot at the newly christened Elstree Studios. [2]
Plot
In 18th-century France, the King's mistress Madame Pompadour (Dorothy Gish), frees her jailed lover, political prisoner Rene Laval (Antonio Moreno), to make him her bodyguard.
Cast
- Dorothy Gish - Madame Pompadour
- Antonio Moreno - Rene Laval
- Nelson Keys - Duc de Courcelette
- Henri Bosc - Louis XV
- Gibb McLaughlin - Comte Maurepas
- Cyril McLaglen - Gogo
- Marsa Beauplan - Madame Poisson
- Marie Ault - Belotte
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote, "Dorothy Gish's screen vehicles for British director Herbert Wilcox were usually a treat, but her 1927 film Madame Pompadour tended to be weighed down by the ponderous stylistic choices of its producer, Germany's E. A. DuPont....Madame Pompadour was an especially lavish and handsome production. Unfortunately, despite its brief 75-minute running time, the film moved at a snail's pace." [3]
References
- ↑ "Madame Pompadour (1927)".
- ↑ Studios, Elstree. "History of Studio".
- ↑ "Madame Pompadour (1927) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".