The Fighting Eagle
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| 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) |
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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.[1][2] The film is set during the Napoleonic Era.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Prints of The Fighting Eagle are located in several collections and has been released on DVD.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Brigadier Gerard (1915)
- The Adventures of Gerard (1970)
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Fighting Eagle.
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Categories:
- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Donald Crisp
- 1927 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
- American silent adventure films
- American silent drama films
- Silent adventure film stubs
- 1920s adventure film stubs