The love affairs of Beau Brummel - luck and the end of the English Casanova

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Movie
German title The love affairs of Beau Brummel - luck and the end of the English Casanova
Original title Beau Brummel
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1924
length 135 (original 1924) minutes
Rod
Director Harry Beaumont
script Dorothy Farnum based
on the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch
production Warner bros.
music James Schafer
camera David Abel
cut Howard Bretherton
occupation

The love affairs of Beau Brummel - luck and the end of the English Casanova is an American costume, history and adventure silent film directed by Harry Beaumont from 1924 with John Barrymore in the title role.

action

England, shortly before the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The English handsome, adventurer and mocker George Bryan Brummell, as an elegant bon vivant of the world, has won the sympathies of the Prince of Wales, the British heir to the throne, and is always a welcome guest there. But with the favor of the crown, Beau, as everyone just calls him, begins to take things out and even snubs the prince with his boldness and cheek. Thereupon the hussar officer is officially banned and has to flee to France via the Channel coast. There he quickly becomes impoverished and becomes terminally ill. Immediately before his death there is reconciliation with the prince.

Production notes

The love affairs of Beau Brummel - Glück und Ende des English Casanovas originated in the summer of 1923 and was premiered on March 30, 1924. With ten files, the elaborately designed strip was unusually long. The premiere for Austria was planned as a seven-act act on 2610 meters in length on October 30, 1925. The film was probably released in German cinemas at the same time.

criticism

In a review in the New York Times on March 31, 1924, it was said: “John Barrymore, who is singularly well suited to the rôle of the dignified, blasé, bumptious dandy, delivers a performance that is a delight to the eye, and, in the picture, it is probably more true to life than the stage version. (...) The setting and costumes of the production are most impressive, and as scene follows scene, with clever subtitles, one gets a good idea of ​​the maneuvers of the dandy, who loses no time in putting himself on a platform possibly higher than the Prince of Wales. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Beau Brummel in The New York Times . Translation: "John Barrymore, who is probably uniquely created for this role of the worthy, blasé, self-important dandy, gives a performance that is a delight to the eye and certainly more truthful in this film than the stage version. (...) The film sets and costumes of this production are extremely impressive, and with each scene, provided with clever subtitles, you get a good idea of ​​the tactics of the dandy, who in his effort to move himself to a level higher than that of the Prince of Wales, waste no time. "