Monsieur Beaucaire

The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life. After catching the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards, he forces him to introduce him as a nobleman to Lady Mary, with whom he has become infatuated. When Lady Mary is led to believe that the Duke of Chartres is merely a barber she loses interest in him. She eventually learns that he is a nobleman after all and tries to win him back, but the Duke of Chartres opts to return to France and Princess Henriette who now returns his affection.

Cast

Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino

as Duke de Chartres / Beaucaire

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

as Princess Henriette

Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson

as Queen Marie of France

Doris Kenyon

Doris Kenyon

as Lady Mary

Lowell Sherman

Lowell Sherman

as King Louis XV of France

Paulette Duval

Paulette Duval

as Madame Pompadour

John Davidson

John Davidson

as Richelieu

Oswald Yorke

Oswald Yorke

as Miropoix

Flora Finch

Flora Finch

as Duchesse de Montmorency

Louis Waller

Louis Waller

as François

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Rudolph Valentino is on good form in this period romance as the "Duke de Chartres", the cousin of King Louis XV. He has a reputation as a bit of a grand fop, but when the King decides he is to marry the rather stroppy "Princess Henriette" (Bebe Daniels) he absconds to London where, assuming the iden...

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