Madame Sans-Gêne (1925 film)

Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne
	1925 Swedish theatrical poster
Directed by	Léonce Perret
Screenplay by	Forrest Halsey
Based on	Madame Sans-Gêne; by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky; Adolph Zukor
Starring	Gloria Swanson; Émile Drain; Charles de Rochefort
Cinematography	Raymond Agnel; Jacques Bizeul(fr); René Guissart; J. Peverell Marley; George Webber
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	April 20, 1925 (United States); December 15, 1925 (France);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Madame Sans-Gêne (Madame Careless) is a 1925 American silent romantic costume comedy-drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Gloria Swanson. Based on the 1893 play of the same name by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau, the film was released by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3] The screenplay was by Forrest Halsey and Leonce Perret directed.^[4]

Plot

Trailer for the film (public domain)

As described in a film magazine review,^[5] at the time after the French Revolution, a sharp-witted laundress fights for her country and wins favor with a Duke. After her marriage to him, she is accepted in the court of Napoleon. Because her manners are not fashionable, she is called before Napoleon. She triumphs over the court with her wits and returns to her husband, whom she loves.

Cast

Gloria Swanson as Catherine Hubscher
Émile Drain as Napoleon Bonaparte
Charles De Roche as Le Febvre
Madeleine Guitty as La Rousette
Warwick Ward as Neipperg
Henry Favieres as Fouche
Renée Héribe as Princess Eliza
Suzanne Bianchetti as L'imperatrice
Denise Lorys as Madame de Bulow
Arlette Marchal as La reine de Naples
Jacques Marney as Savary

Production

The film was produced and filmed in France, as Swanson was on extended vacation there. She soon became involved with Henri de La Falaise, hired by Paramount to be her French interpreter, and who later became her third husband.^[6]

Preservation

With no prints of Madame Sans-Gêne located in any film archives,^[7] it is a lost film.^[8] A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists, however, and can be seen on YouTube.^[9]

References

^ Waldman, Harry (1994). Beyond Hollywood's Grasp: American Filmmakers Abroad, 1914-1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-810-82841-3.
^ Staggs, Sam (2003). Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream. Macmillan. p. 55. ISBN 1-466-83046-8.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Madame Sans-Gêne at silentera.com
^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/481672268/?clipping_id=121160284&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ4MTY3MjI2OCwiaWF0IjoxNzA3NDA3MTk4LCJleHAiOjE3MDc0OTM1OTh9.8FuZWSS98AaecgSXAU0i4X0bnKtASHr77md5Azbw6pQ ^{[bare URL]}
^ "New Pictures: Madame Sans-Gêne", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (8): 83, May 16, 1925, retrieved February 21, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Waldman 1994, pp. 110-111.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Madame Sans-Gêne
^ Madame Sans-Gêne at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine)
^ "Madame Sans Gene [trailer]". youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.

External links

This article about a 1920s romantic comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Waldman, Harry (1994). Beyond Hollywood's Grasp: American Filmmakers Abroad, 1914-1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-810-82841-3.

[2] Staggs, Sam (2003). Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark Hollywood Dream. Macmillan. p. 55. ISBN 1-466-83046-8.

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Madame Sans-Gêne at silentera.com

[4] ttps://www.newspapers.com/image/481672268/?clipping_id=121160284&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ4MTY3MjI2OCwiaWF0IjoxNzA3NDA3MTk4LCJleHAiOjE3MDc0OTM1OTh9.8FuZWSS98AaecgSXAU0i4X0bnKtASHr77md5Azbw6pQ ^{[bare URL]}

[5] "New Pictures: Madame Sans-Gêne", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (8): 83, May 16, 1925, retrieved February 21, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[6] Waldman 1994, pp. 110-111.

[7] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Madame Sans-Gêne

[8] Madame Sans-Gêne at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted (Wayback Machine)

[9] "Madame Sans Gene [trailer]". youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

v t e Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou
Films	Madame Sans-Gêne (1911) Napoleon and the Little Washerwoman (1920) Madame Sans-Gêne (1925) Madame Sans-Gêne (1941) Madame Sans-Gêne (1945) Madame (1961)
Operas	The Duchess of Dantzic (1903) Madame Sans-Gêne (1915)