Monte Cristo / Bardelys the Magnificent - 2-DVD Set

Monte Cristo / Bardelys the Magnificent - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
198 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1922 - 1926 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Emmett J. Flynn
King Vidor

Written By:
Alexandre Dumas père
Charles Fechter
Rafael Sabatini
Dorothy Farnum

Actors:
John Gilbert ..... Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Estelle Taylor ..... Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
Robert McKim ..... De Villefort, the king's attorney
William V. Mong ..... Caderousse, the innkeeper
Virginia Brown Faire ..... Haidee, an Arabian Princess
George Siegmann ..... Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
Spottiswoode Aitken ..... Abbé Faria
Ralph Cloninger ..... Fernand, Count de Morcert
Albert Prisco ..... Baron Danglars
Al W. Filson ..... Morrel, shipowner
Harry Lonsdale ..... Dantes, Father of Edmond
Francis McDonald ..... Benedetto
Jack Cosgrave ..... Governor of Chateau d'If
Maude George ..... Baroness Danglars
Renée Adorée ..... Eugénie Danglars, her daughter
John Gilbert ..... Bardelys
Eleanor Boardman ..... Roxalanne de Lavedan
Roy D'Arcy ..... Chatellerault
Lionel Belmore ..... Vicomte de Lavedan
Emily Fitzroy ..... Vicomtesse de Lavedan
George K. Arthur ..... St. Eustache
Arthur Lubin ..... King Louis XIII
Theodore von Eltz ..... Lesperon
Karl Dane ..... Rodenard
Edward Connelly ..... Cardinal Richelieu
Fred Malatesta ..... Castelrous
John T. Murray ..... Lafosse
Joe Smith Marba ..... Innkeeper
Daniel G. Tomlinson ..... Sergeant of Dragoons
Emile Chautard ..... Anatol

Synopsis:

Monte Cristo (1922)
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.

Monte Cristo (1922)
Monte Cristo is a 1922 film, directed by Emmett J. Flynn, based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic.

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Bardelys is a wealthy courtier in the court of Louis XIII, with a string of affairs with beautiful women, and a silver tongue. In the middle of a duel with a wronged husband, he manages to reconcile the couple and get them out of his rooms before they discover a more recent conquest hidden behind a door. Meanwhile, Chatellerault, another courtier, has been rejected by the beautiful Roxalanne, whose family opposes the king. Chatellerault returns to find the court laughing at him, and he bullies Bardelys into a bet that he cannot win and marry Roxalanne. His honor at stake, Bardelys travels to Roxalanne's castle, but is wounded en route and is mistaken for a rebel leader. He keeps up the ruse, as Bardelys' womanizing reputation would interfere with his plans. But, falling in love with Roxalanne, he cannot bring himself to marry her under a false name, and plans to return to announce that he's lost the bet. His refusal to pledge his love upsets Roxalanne, who turns him over to the king's guards. The only judge at his trial who knows his true name is Chatellerault, who sentences him to death under the rebel's name. Roxalanne agrees to marry Chatellerault in exchange for Bardelys' life, but Chatellerault still fails to intervene. On the gallows, Bardelys effects an impressive escape, and the king arrives and vouches for his identity. Confronting Chatellerault in a duel, he renders the newly married Roxalanne a widow, and receives the king's blessing on their impending marriage.

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