Belphegor the Mountebank is a 1921 British silent film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Milton Rosmer, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It is based on the play Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy from the 1850s by Charles Webb. Webb's own play was a translation and adaptation of Adolphe d'Ennery's and Marc Fournier's Paillasse.
Belphegor the Mountebank | |
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Directed by | Bert Wynne |
Written by | Charles Webb (play) Adolphe d'Ennery (play) Marc Fournier (play) Eliot Stannard |
Starring | Milton Rosmer Kathleen Vaughan Warwick Ward |
Production company | Ideal Film Company |
Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
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Running time | 6 reels/5500 feet |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The plot centres on the character Belphegor, a nobleman by birth whose life circumstances change and who is forced to take up the life of a traveling showman.[1]
The films of Bert Wynne | |
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