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Scaramouche (1952) was a Historical - Drama Film directed by George Sidney and produced by Carey Wilson.

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Scaramouche (1952)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 16, 2022 From 4 Star Films

Like many of the archetypal tales of literature or film, Scaramouche is a story of the aristocrats warring against the common man or closer still the common man throwing off the shackles placed upon him by his oppressor. The dynamic is spelled out in an early scene as that ill-fated debutante (Nina ... Read full article

Scaramouche (1923)

By Lê on Sep 7, 2019 From Critica Retro

Scaramouche (1923) Podia acontecer de tudo durante a Revolução Francesa – e, de fato, todos os tipos de coisas que pareciam impossíveis aconteceram durante a Revolução Francesa. O povo primeiro tomou a Bastilha, depois o Palácio das Tulherias, depois as ruas. O rei e a rainha per... Read full article

Scaramouche ( 1952 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 15, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad" Raphael Sabatini's classic 1921 novel "Scaramouche" was made into three film adaptations over the years, including a 1956 television series, but hands down this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer version starring the engaging English act... Read full article

Scaramouche (1952)

By Beatrice on Aug 27, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Scaramouche Directed by George Sidney Written by Written by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel from the novel by Rafael Sabatini 1952/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a good swashbuckler and this qualifies. It is France in th... Read full article

Scaramouche (1952, George Sidney)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 24, 2014 From The Stop Button

Scaramouche is a deliberately constructed film. I’m curious if screenwriters Ronald Millar and George Froeschel followed the source novel’s plot structure, because it’s a very peculiar series of events. It doesn’t open with the leading man, instead starting out with villain M... Read full article

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Scaramouche Quotes:

Lenore: But who is Scaramouche? And why does he hide his face behind a mask?
Andre Moreau: Why? Why? Before all the saints in heaven, why?
Isabelle de Valmorin: Andre, you're dressed very oddly. Are you in trouble too?
Andre Moreau: Well, not yet, darling, but it threatens. I have a young lady downstairs in a coach with an itch to be married. She's made two attempts since breakfast and her temper is rising.
Andre Moreau: The oceans are full of fish and the heavens with stars. To contemplate one woman to the exclusion of all others may be for some men, but not for me.
Andre Moreau: Happy is the rascal, traveling life's byways, to whom the gods say, here is an easy switch. You may have lost Diana on the highway, but look, there is Aphrodite in a ditch.
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Scaramouche Facts
A final scene in which the Marquis de Maynes is killed at the storming of the Bastille was cut in editing, as was another final one with Queen Marie Antoinette.
The horseback chase scenes were filmed in San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Park. At first, we see the characters spotting each other at Lloyd Lake near the "Portal of the Past", then the "Rainbow Falls" on John F. Kennedy Drive, up the steps in front of the Band Concourse and towards the Japanese Tea Garden. All scenes beautifully photographed in Technicolor in semi-fog. The duel scene was shot at Lindley Meadows, near the Polo Field just south of Stow Lake. This is the same area used in Star Trek IV as the landing place for the Enterprise crew in the captured and cloaked "Bird of Prey" ship.
Lewis Stone played the 'heavy' - the Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr - in the 1923 version of this film. He came back to play the older character of "Georges de Valmorin" in this version.
In the final duel between Andre Moreau and the Marquis de Maynes, Andre (Stewart Granger) jumps at the Duc from the back of a row of theatre chairs. During the filming of this scene, Granger narrowly missed serious injury to his groin when he landed astride the next row of chairs, and filming had to be halted temporarily.
Originally both Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner were supposed to be in this film, but had to decline due to other commitments.
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