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Gish was paid ₤1500 a week for six weeks. Filming was delayed an extra three weeks and this added a large amount to the budget and almost brought the film to a standstill.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59180826 |title=Bittiard-Marker Who Became Famous Film Producer |newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Perth)]] |issue=2374 |location=Western Australia |date=8 August 1943 |accessdate=17 August 2017 |page=7 (THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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''[[Allmovie]]'' wrote, "Dorothy Gish's screen vehicles for British director Herbert Wilcox were usually a treat, but her 1927 film ''Madame Pompadour'' tended to be weighed down by the ponderous stylistic choices of its producer, Germany's E. A. DuPont....''Madame Pompadour'' was an especially lavish and handsome production. Unfortunately, despite its brief 75-minute running time, the film moved at a snail's pace." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/madame-pompadour-v100839|title=Madame Pompadour (1927) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref> |
''[[Allmovie]]'' wrote, "Dorothy Gish's screen vehicles for British director Herbert Wilcox were usually a treat, but her 1927 film ''Madame Pompadour'' tended to be weighed down by the ponderous stylistic choices of its producer, Germany's E. A. DuPont....''Madame Pompadour'' was an especially lavish and handsome production. Unfortunately, despite its brief 75-minute running time, the film moved at a snail's pace." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/madame-pompadour-v100839|title=Madame Pompadour (1927) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Ewald André Dupont Frances Marion Rudolph Schanzer (operetta) Ernst Welisch (operetta) |
| Produced by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Starring | Dorothy Gish Antonio Moreno Henri Bosc Nelson Keys |
| Music by | Leo Fall |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 1 August 1927 (US) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Madame Pompadour is a 1927 British silent historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Antonio Moreno and Nelson Keys. [1] The film depicts the life of Madame Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV of France. It was the first film to be shot at the newly christened Elstree Studios. [2]
Plot
In 18th-century France, the King's mistress Madame Pompadour (Dorothy Gish), frees her jailed lover, political prisoner Rene Laval (Antonio Moreno), to make him her bodyguard.
Cast
- Dorothy Gish - Madame Pompadour
- Antonio Moreno - Rene Laval
- Nelson Keys - Duc de Courcelette
- Henri Bosc - Louis XV
- Gibb McLaughlin - Comte Maurepas
- Cyril McLaglen - Gogo
- Marsa Beauplan - Madame Poisson
- Marie Ault - Belotte
Production
Gish was paid ₤1500 a week for six weeks. Filming was delayed an extra three weeks and this added a large amount to the budget and almost brought the film to a standstill.[3]
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote, "Dorothy Gish's screen vehicles for British director Herbert Wilcox were usually a treat, but her 1927 film Madame Pompadour tended to be weighed down by the ponderous stylistic choices of its producer, Germany's E. A. DuPont....Madame Pompadour was an especially lavish and handsome production. Unfortunately, despite its brief 75-minute running time, the film moved at a snail's pace." [4]
References
- ^ "Madame Pompadour (1927)".
- ^ Studios, Elstree. "History of Studio".
- ^ "Bittiard-Marker Who Became Famous Film Producer". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2374. Western Australia. 8 August 1943. p. 7 (THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE). Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Madame Pompadour (1927) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
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