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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 adventure and romantic drama film starring Rod La Rocque. It was directed by Donald Crisp and it was produced by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is set during the Napoleonic Era.
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
Preservation
Prints of The Fighting Eagle are located in several collections and has been released on DVD.
See also
- Brigadier Gerard (1915)
- The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
References
- "Progressive Silent Film: The Fighting Eagle". silentera.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- "Abrreviated View of Movie Page". Afi.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- "Fighting Eagle". Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
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- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Donald Crisp
- 1927 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
- 1927 romantic drama films
- American romantic drama films
- American historical romance films
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1920s American films
- Silent romantic drama films
- Silent adventure films
- Silent American drama films
- Silent adventure film stubs