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Scaramouche

  • 19231923
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
654
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Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, and Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
DramaRomance
When a nobleman murders his best friend, a lawyer becomes a revolutionary with his heart set on vengeance.When a nobleman murders his best friend, a lawyer becomes a revolutionary with his heart set on vengeance.When a nobleman murders his best friend, a lawyer becomes a revolutionary with his heart set on vengeance.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
654
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Rex Ingram
  • Writers
    • Rafael Sabatini(by)
    • Willis Goldbeck(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Lloyd Ingraham
    • Alice Terry
    • Ramon Novarro
  • Director
    • Rex Ingram
  • Writers
    • Rafael Sabatini(by)
    • Willis Goldbeck(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Lloyd Ingraham
    • Alice Terry
    • Ramon Novarro
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    George Siegmann in Scaramouche (1923)
    Ramon Novarro in Scaramouche (1923)
    Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Lewis Stone and Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Rex Ingram and Ramon Novarro in Scaramouche (1923)
    Ramon Novarro, Rose Dione, George Siegmann, and Lewis Stone in Scaramouche (1923)
    Ramon Novarro in Scaramouche (1923)
    Rex Ingram, Ramon Novarro, and Alice Terry in Scaramouche (1923)
    Ramon Novarro in Scaramouche (1923)

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    Lloyd Ingraham
    Lloyd Ingraham
    • Quintin de Kercadiou
    Alice Terry
    Alice Terry
    • Aline de Kercadiou
    Ramon Novarro
    Ramon Novarro
    • André-Louis Moreau
    Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    • The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
    Julia Swayne Gordon
    Julia Swayne Gordon
    • The Countess de Plougastel
    William Humphrey
    William Humphrey
    • The Chevalier de Chabrillane
    Otto Matieson
    Otto Matieson
    • Philippe de Vilmorin
    • (as Otto Matiesen)
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Danton
    • (as George Siegman)
    Bowditch M. Turner
    • Chapelier
    • (as Bowditch Turner)
    James A. Marcus
    • Challefou Binet
    • (as James Marcus)
    Edith Allen
    Edith Allen
    • Climène Binet
    John George
    John George
    • Polichinelle - Member of the Troupe
    Willard Lee Hall
    • The King's Lieutenant
    Rose Dione
    Rose Dione
    • La Révolte
    Edwin Argus
    Edwin Argus
    • King Louis XVI
    • (uncredited)
    J. Edwin Brown
    • Monsieur Benoît
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Carver
    Louise Carver
    • Member of Theatre Audience
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Connelly
    Edward Connelly
    • Minister to the King
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rex Ingram
    • Writers
      • Rafael Sabatini(by)
      • Willis Goldbeck(scenario) (adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      An army of workmen built a whole French village that covered 60 acres and was faithfully reproduced down to cobblestone streets and shop windows filled with actual wares. Hundreds of thousands of yards of muslin, satin, brocade and velvet were required in the making of the gorgeous costumes worn by the cast.
    • Alternate versions
      On 5 December 2000, Turner Classic Movies broadcast a 124-minute version with a new musical score written by Jeffrey Mark Silverman and played by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostravia, Czech Republic, conducted by Hugh Munro Neely. It was the first time Scaramouche (1923) was ever shown on television.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood (1980)

    User reviews18

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    8/10
    The Movie That Made Ramon Novarro as Star
    Actor Ramon Novarro was coming off his biggest role yet in his young acting career as a villain in 1922's 'The Prisoner of Zelda,' when friend and director Rex Ingram offered him the lead as the hero in February 1923's "Scaramouche." The French Revolution swashbuckler proved to be Novarro's breakout role, catapulting him to become one of Hollywood's most popular screen performers in the early 1920's.

    "Scaramouche," based on the 1921 Rafael Sabatini best seller, was a massive undertaking for its production studio, Metro Pictures. Ingram, also the producer, spent several months assisting in adapting the unwieldy novel's plot into a cohesive two-hour movie. He also oversaw elaborate sets duplicating late 18th-century Paris and hiring 1,500 extras, expenses that caused delays and over budgeted costs .

    Metro's marketing publicity department saved the day. Knowing the box office appeal of rival sex-symbol actor Rudolph Valentino, the studio recognized that in its very own Mexican actor Novarro, it had an equally handsome male counterpart. Casting him as the hero in "Scaramouche," Metro benefited from his screen charisma. Ingram's multiple close-ups on his actors, especially with Novarro, highlighted Hollywood's new Latin lover's distinctive facial lines, guaranteed to send female fans swooning. The sword fights adapted from the novel, highlighted by Novarro's one with his arch nemesis, Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr (Lewis Stone), has been cited as one of cinema's first realistically-performed fencing duels. The lush sets, especially in the second half with teeming crowds hungry for revolution, created a movie rivaling the year's best epics.

    "Scaramouche," with a prodigious roadshow, eventually recouped it's enormous outlays. The movie was 1923's fourth highest box office hit in the United States, and it broke ticket sale records in Paris and London. The lavish film was benefited by having one of Hollywood's sexiest male actors in Novarro driving scores of women to the movie theaters to view his eye-catching close-ups.
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    • Release date
      • February 1924 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Скарамуш
    • Filming locations
      • Ren-Mar Studios - 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro Pictures Corporation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $858,723 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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