The Fighting Eagle
Appearance
The Fighting Eagle | |
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Directed by | Donald Crisp |
Written by | Douglas Z. Doty (adaptation, screenplay) John W. Krafft (intertitles) |
Based on | Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller and/or J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Barbara Hunter |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Fighting Eagle is a 1927 American silent film adventure and romance drama starring Rod La Rocque. It was directed by Donald Crisp and it was produced by Cecil B. DeMille.[1][2] The film was set during the Napoleonic Era. The Fighting Eagle survives in several collections and has been released on DVD.[3]
Cast
- Rod La Rocque as Etienne Gerard
- Phyllis Haver as Countess de Launay
- Sam De Grasse as Talleyrand
- Max Barwyn as Napoleon
- Julia Faye as Josephine de Beauharnais
- Sally Rand as Fraulein Hertz
- Clarence Burton as Col. Neville
- Alphonse Ethier as Major Oliver
- Emile Drain as Napoleon
- Carole Lombard
See also
- Brigadier Gerard (1915)
- The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
References
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Abrreviated View of Movie Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Fighting Eagle". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
External links
Categories:
- 1927 films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Donald Crisp
- 1920s adventure films
- American adventure films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Films based on British novels
- Napoleonic Wars films
- Depictions of Napoleon on film
- Cultural depictions of Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Cultural depictions of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
- 1920s historical films
- American historical films
- 1920s romantic drama films
- American romantic drama films
- American historical romance films
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1927 drama films
- Silent adventure film stubs