Captain of the Guard
Cast & Crew
John S. Robertson
Laura La Plante
John Boles
Sam De Grasse
James Marcus
Lionel Belmore
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Marie Marnay, an innkeeper's daughter, refuses to marry Bazin, a secret agent in the service of the king, but when Bazin sends music master Rouget de l'Isle to give her singing lessons, she falls in love and pledges her troth to Rouget. Marie's father refuses to join the revolt against the king and is killed trying to save her from the advances of a soldier; as a result, she joins the revolutionists, giving up her claim to Rouget, who is in the service of the king, and becomes notorious as "The Torch." Using Rouget as bait, Bazin effects a reconciliation, then orders Marie arrested as well as her consort. Charmed by his voice, Marie Antoinette has Rouget released to sing his song "La Marseillaise" for the king; he then renounces the king and escapes Paris; and in Marseilles he organizes an army, marches on Paris, and is reunited with Marie at the outbreak of the Revolution.
Cast
Laura La Plante
John Boles
Sam De Grasse
James Marcus
Lionel Belmore
Stuart Holmes
Evelyn Hall
Claude Fleming
Murdock Macquarrie
Richard Cramer
Harry Burkhardt
George Hackathorne
De Witt Jennings
Harry Cording
Otis Harlan
Ervin Renard
Crew
Houston Branch
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Milton Carruth
William Francis Dugan
C. Roy Hunter
Carl Laemmle
Hal Mohr
Arthur Ripley
Heinz Roemheld
Gilbert Warrenton
George Manker Watters
George Manker Watters
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
After the film was completed, it was found to contain so many historical inaccuracies that the studio actually inserted an apology into the opening credits.
Notes
The film was begun as La Marseillaise by Paul Fejos with cameraman Hal Mohr; John S. Robertson completed the film and received screen credit.
