Monsieur Beaucaire

"Never Has Valentino Been Such a Lover, Such a Dancer, Such a Swordsman, Such a Dashing, Handsome, Lovable Hero as You'll See Him in This Master Photoplay"

Aug 11 1924 Passed 1h 46m
Drama, Romance

The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life. After catching the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards, he forces him to introduce him as a nobleman to Lady Mary, with whom he has become infatuated. When Lady Mary is led to believe that the Duke of Chartres is merely a barber she loses interest in him. She eventually learns that he is a nobleman after all and tries to win him back, but the Duke of Chartres opts to return to France and Princess Henriette who now returns his affection.

Plot

When M. Beaucaire, a handsome barber, catches the Duke of Winterset cheating at gambling, Beaucaire exacts Winterset's cooperation in sneaking Beaucaire into a great ball, disguised as the Duke de Chartres, and to introduce him to the beautiful Lady Mary. The disguised barber successfully pulls off the masquerade and is soon the toast of society. But Winterset is embittered at having been blackmailed so, and he sets out to destroy Beaucaire if he can do so without revealing his own duplicity.

Written by

Booth Tarkington, Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, Forrest Halsey

Directed by

Sidney Olcott

Cast

Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

No Language

Awards

3 wins

Scores
# of Votes
517
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA