Bardelys The Magnificent (1926 – Silent) DVD John Gilbert

Bardelys The Magnificent 1926 Black and white (with tinted sequences) approx. 90 min. Silent with full-score.  Meticulously remastered (from best extant materials). Starring: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D’Arcy, Lionel Belmore, Emily Fitzroy, George K. Arthur, Arthur Lubin, Theodore von Eltz, Karl Dane, Edward Connelly, Fred Malatesta, John T. Murray, Joseph Marba, Daniel G. Tomlinson, Émile Chautard, Max Barwyn, Gino Corrado Directed by King Vidor Screenplay by Dorothy Farnum (Based on “Bardelys the Magnificent” by Rafael Sabatini) Cinematography by William H. Daniels King Louis XIII sends Chatellerault to win Roxalanne de Lavedan, hoping to keep the girl's fortune within the kingdom. When Chatellerault reports that Roxalanne is unapproachable, Bardelys, a courtier, wagers his entire estate against Chatellerault's that he will capture the girl within three months. En route, Bardelys finds a dying man and is given a miniature and some letters bearing the name Lesperon, whose ide