Captain of the Guard (film)

Captain of the Guard is a 1930 American musical film directed by John S. Robertson and Pál Fejös and starring Laura La Plante, John Boles and Sam De Grasse.^[1][2] It is set during the French Revolution, but was sufficiently unhistorical that an apology was included in the opening credit for any factual inaccuracies.^[3]

Captain of the Guard
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Directed by	John S. Robertson Pál Fejös (uncredited)
Written by	George Manker Watters Arthur Ripley
Story by	Houston Branch
Starring	Laura La Plante John Boles Sam De Grasse
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton Hal Mohr
Edited by	Milton Carruth Ted J. Kent
Music by	Charles Wakefield Cadman Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 29, 1930 (1930-03-29) (U.S.)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Laura La Plante as Marie Marnay
• John Boles as Rouget de Lisle
• Sam De Grasse as Bazin
• James A. Marcus as Marnay
• Lionel Belmore as Colonel of Hussars
• Stuart Holmes as Louis XVI
• Evelyn Hall as Marie Antoinette
• Claude Fleming as Magistrate
• Murdock MacQuarrie as Pierre
• Richard Cramer as Danton
• Harry Burkhardt as Materown
• George Hackathorne as Robespierre
• DeWitt Jennings as priest
• Harry Cording as Le Bruin
• Otis Harlan as Jacques
• Ervin Renard as Lieutenant
• Walter Brennan as peasant (uncredited)
• Sidney D'Albrook as flirtatious officer (uncredited)
• Louise Emmons as Peasant (uncredited)
• Stanley Fields as Hangman (uncredited)
• Francis Ford as Hussars Officer (uncredited)
• Charles Thurston as Minor Role (uncredited)

Production

Initial director Pál Fejös escaped serious injury during filming in October 1929 after falling 88 feet from scaffolding while directing a mob scene, and was later replaced by John S. Robertson.^[3] Robertson received full directing credit for the film.