Under Two Flags (1916 film)
| Under Two Flags | |
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 Still with Theda Bara | |
| Directed by | J. Gordon Edwards |
| Written by | George Edwardes-Hall Ouida Arthur Shirley (play) |
| Based on | Under Two Flags by Ouida |
| Produced by | J. Gordon Edwards |
| Starring | Theda Bara Herbert Heyes |
| Cinematography | Phil Rosen |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Under Two Flags is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. It was the second adaptation of the best selling 1867 novel Under Two Flags by Ouida and the subsequent stage play version by Arthur Shirley. The film is now considered to be lost.[1]
The film was re-released by Fox Film Corporation in January 1919.[1] The novel/play was adapted to the screen for a third time in 1922 as Under Two Flags by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company and a fourth time in 1936 again as Under Two Flags by 20th Century Fox.[2]
Plot[edit]
As described in a film magazine,[3] British nobleman Bertie Cecil (Heyes) takes upon himself the blame for his brother's forgeries and, when supposed dead, enlists in the French Foreign Legion, serving in Algiers. There he wins the friendship of Emir, a native whose wife he had saved from the lust of his commanding officer.
Old friends visit Algiers and recognize Bertie, and urge him to return and claim his own. His refusal leads to a scene where he strikes his commanding officer, and for this he is condemned to death. Cigarette, the "daughter of the regiment," rides to obtain a pardon for Bertie and makes a terrific trip through a sand storm. She arrives too late with the reprieve, but just in time to receive in her own body the bullets intended for Bertie.
Cast[edit]
- Theda Bara as Cigarette
- Herbert Heyes as Bertie Cecil
- Stuart Holmes as Chateauroye (Holmes also reprised this role in the 1922 version starring Priscilla Dean)
- Stanhope Wheatcroft as Berkeley Cecil
- Joseph Crehan as Rake
- Charles Craig as Rockingham
- Claire Whitney as Venitia
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: Under Two Flags". silentera. Retrieved June 29, 2008.
- ^ Tepa Lupack, Barbara, ed. (1999). Nineteenth-century Women at the Movies: Adapting Classic Women's Fiction to Film. Popular Press. p. 275. ISBN 0-879-72805-1.
- ^ "Advertising Aids for Busy Managers: Under Two Flags". Moving Picture World. 39 (4). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 542. January 25, 1919. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
External links[edit]
- 1916 films
- 1916 drama films
- 1916 lost films
- Fox Film films
- Silent American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Ouida
- Films directed by J. Gordon Edwards
- Films set in deserts
- Films about the French Foreign Legion
- Lost American drama films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language drama films