Quebec (1951)

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

Director:

George Templeton

Writer:

Alan Le May

Stars:

John Drew Barrymore, Corinne Calvet, Barbara Rush

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Drew Barrymore	...	Mark Douglas (as John Barrymore Jr.)
Corinne Calvet	...	Mme. Stephanie Durossac aka La Fleur
Barbara Rush	...	Madelon
Patric Knowles	...	Charles Douglas
John Hoyt	...	Father Antoine
Arnold Moss	...	Jean-Paul Racelle
Don Haggerty	...	Col. Jean Durossac
Patsy Ruth Miller	...	Germaine
Howard Joslin	...	Malbouf
Paul Guèvremont	...	Heliodore
Adrian Belanger	...	André
Jacques Champagne	...	Capt. Forrest
Rene Constantineau	...	Baptiste
Marcel Sylvain	...	Hanson
Rolland Joseph Beaudet	...	Severac

Storyline

Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.

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Plot Keywords:

1830s | canada | revolt | assault | french english war | 

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Taglines:

For a Woman of Mystery a ragged army of Frontiersmen dared the might of an empire!

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Genres:

Adventure | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 1952 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

A Rosa Negra de Sangue

Filming Locations:

Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Romance Novel view of Canada

No doubt in an effort to cultivate the Canadian market Paramount did this film for box office. Admittedly they say at the beginning of Quebec that you will not recognize any of the names from the Canadian uprisings of the 1830s in what was Upper and Lower Canada. But the spirit of the times are captured.

Well somewhat if you can imagine this era of Canadian history filtered through the prose of a romance novelist. Young John Drew Barrymore is decked out like the heroes of one of those tales. He's the son of Patric Knowles, Canadian patriot and budding leader of the uprising. Barrymore is also the son of Corinne Calvet, but he doesn't know that because she is estranged from Knowles and also from Don Haggerty the loyalist commander of British troops. She was married to Haggerty, but it was Knowles who did the deed that created Barrymore. If that ain't a romance novel plot, I don't know what is.

So you will not hear the names of MacKenzie, Papineau, and Durham from that era in Quebec. Quebec City which has retained much of the look of that time was where the film was shot and a good many Canadian players got some work on this project. Paramount went for color on this and the cinematography is nice, but in need of restoration.

As this was the studio of Cecil B. DeMille one wonders if Quebec might have had its origins as something sent to CB who rejected it. If DeMille had done this as one of his historical projects I'm sure those real Canadian rebels of the time would have found their way into the story.