Under the Red Robe (1923 film)

Under the Red Robe is a 1923 American silent historical drama film directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe. The film marks the last motion picture appearance by stage actor Robert B. Mantell who plays Cardinal Richelieu and the only silent screen performance of opera singer John Charles Thomas.^[1][2]

Under the Red Robe film still

Under the Red Robe
1923 lobby poster showing Robert B. Mantell and John Charles Thomas
Directed by	Alan Crosland
Written by	Bayard Veiller (scenario)
Based on	Under the Red Robe (1894 novel) by Stanley J. Weyman
Starring	Robert B. Mantell
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton Harold Wenstrom
Music by	William Frederick Peters
Production company	Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	November 12, 1923 (1923-11-12) (US)
Running time	10 reels (2,762 meters)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The novel was refilmed in the sound era in 1937 as Under the Red Robe directed by Victor Seastrom.

Plot

Cast

• Robert B. Mantell as Cardinal Richelieu
• Alma Rubens as Renee de Cocheforet
• Otto Kruger as Henri de Cocheforet
• John Charles Thomas as Gil De Berault
• William Powell as Duke of Orleans
• Ian Maclaren as King Louis XIII
• Genevieve Hamper as Duchess de Chevreuse
• Mary MacLaren as Anne of Austria
• Rose Coghlan as Marie de' Medici
• Gustav von Seyffertitz as Clom
• Sidney Herbert as Father Joseph
• Arthur Housman as Captain La Rolle
• Paul Panzer as French Army Lieutenant
• Charles Judels as Antoine
• George Nash as Jules
• Evelyn Gosnell as Madame de Cocheforet

Preservation

The film survives complete at the George Eastman House. A Samuel Goldwyn release, it was donated by MGM.^[3]