Overview
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.
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Cast
Rudolph Valentino
Duke de Chartres / Beaucaire
Bebe Daniels
Princess Henriette
Lois Wilson
Queen Marie of France
Doris Kenyon
Lady Mary
Lowell Sherman
King Louis XV of France
Paulette Duval
Madame Pompadour
John Davidson
Richelieu
Oswald Yorke
Miropoix
Flora Finch
Duchesse de Montmorency
Louis Waller
François
Ian Maclaren
Duke of Winterset
Frank Shannon
Badger
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CinemaSerf
Rudolph Valentino is on good form in this period romance as the "Duke de Chartres", the cousin of King Louis XV. He has a reputation as a bit of a grand fop, but when the King decides he is to marry the rather stroppy "Princess Henriette" (Bebe Daniels) he absconds to London where, assuming the identity of a barber ("Beaucaire"), ingratiates himself into London's gambling society. When he catches the "Duke of Winterset" cheating at cards, he coerces t...
Jun 06, 2022
